International Human Rights Law: A Practical Approach

OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW - THEORY AND PRACTICE PART I: INTERNATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM AND HUMAN RIGHTS International Law and Human Rights The United Nations System and the Modern Human Rights Regime (1945-) PART II: THE INTERNATIONAL BILL OF RIGHTS The Universal Declaration of Human Rights International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights PART III: REGIONAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS European Human Rights - I European Human Rights - II The Inter-American System for the Protection of Human Rights African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights PART IV: GROUP RIGHTS Equality and Non-Discrimination The Rights of Minorities The Rights of and Indigenous Peoples The Rights of Women Rights of the Child PART V: CRIMES AGAINST THE DIGNITYOF MANKIND Torture as a Crime in International Law and the Rights of Torture Victims Terrorism as a Crime in International Law Appendix I: Sources and Further Research in Human Rights. Appendix II: Status of the Ratification of the Prinicpal International Human Rights Treaties. Index