A handbook of international human rights terminology

Author:H. Victor Condé

Print Book, English, 2004

Edition:2nd ed View all formats and editions

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 2004

Series:

Human rights in international perspective, v. 8

Genre:Diccionarios

Target Audience:Pregrado

Physical Description:xxxi, 393 p. ; 23 cm.

ISBN:

9780803215344, 0803215347

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:318413448

Subjects:

Derechos humanos (Derecho internacional)

Derechos humanos Diccionarios

Contents:

Preface to the Second Edition

vii

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Methodology

xiii

Abbreviations and Special Terms

List of Terms Defined

xvii

Definitions of Terms

(278)

Appendix A: Your Human Rights in the International Bill of Rights

279

(2)

Appendix B: Texts of the Instruments Comprising the International Bill of Human Rights

281

(38)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights; (UN 1948)

281

(5)

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (UN 1966)

286

(17)

First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (UN 1966)

303

(4)

Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (UN 1989)

307

(2)

International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (UN 1966)

309

(10)

Appendix C: Excerpts from Selected International Human Rights Instruments

319

(68)

Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (UN 1998)

319

(1)

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (UN 1948)

320

(4)

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UN 1984)

324

(5)

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (UN 1969)

329

(4)

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (UN 1979)

333

(8)

American Convention on Human Rights (OAS 1978)

341

(10)

African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (OAU 1981)

351

(7)

European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (Council of Europe 1950)

358

(14)

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (UN 1998)

372

(15)

Appendix D: Official Citations for Human Rights and Related Instruments

387

(4)

Bibliography

391