Basic documents on human rights / edited by Ian Brownlie and Guy S. Goodwin-Gill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brownlie, Ian.

Goodwin-Gill, Guy S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--History--Sources.

Human rights.

History.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xix, 896 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Contents:

Part 1 Standard-Setting by the United Nations Organization

1. Relevant Provisions of the United Nations Charter, 1945 2

2. Procedure in the Commission on Human Rights of the Economic and Social Council 13

3. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 18

4. Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, 1960 24

5. Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1975 27

6. Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons, 1975 30

7. Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, 1981 33

8. Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who are not Nationals of the Country in which they Live, 1985 37

9. Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment, 1988 41

10. Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners, 1990 50

11. Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, 1992 52

12. Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, 1992 59

13. Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, 1993 63

14. Appointment of a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 1993 68

15. Draft United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 1994 72

16. Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, 1997 82

17. Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 1998 91

18. Declaration of Articles on Nationality of Natural Persons in relation to the Succession of States, 2000 98

Part 2 Implementation and Standard-Setting in Conventions Sponsored by the United Nations

19. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 1948 108

20. Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951 112

21. Convention on the Political Rights of Women, 1953 128

22. Slavery Convention, 1926, amended by Protocol, 1953 131

23. Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery, 1956 136

24. Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, 1954 142

25. Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, 1961 153

26. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1966 160

27. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966 172

28. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 182

29. Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 199

30. Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1990 203

31. International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, 1973 206

32. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979 212

33. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 1999 224

34. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1984 229

35. Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989 241

36. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflicts, 2000 259

37. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, 2000 264

38. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 1990 272

Part 3 Contribution of the International Labour Organization

39. Declaration Concerning the Aims and Purposes of the International Labour Organization, 1944 307

40. Forced Labour Convention, 1930 310

41. Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention, 1948 320

42. Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining convention, 1949 326

43. Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 330

44. Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 334

45. Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 337

46. Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Recommendation, 1958 341

47. Minimum Age Convention, 1973 345

48. Employment Promotion and Protection against Unemployment Convention, 1988 352

49. Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 364

50. Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, 1998 377

51. Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 382

Part 4 Contribution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

52. Convention Against Discrimination in Education, 1960 388

53. Declaration of the Principles of International Cultural Co-operation, 1966 394

Part 5 European Institutions and Conventions

54. European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 1950, together with its Protocols, as amended by Protocol No. 11 398

55. Protocol No. 12 to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, on a General Prohibition of Discrimination, 2000 420

56. European Social Charter, 1961 423

57. Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter, 1988 439

58. Protocol amending the European Social Charter, 1991 447

59. Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter providing for a System of Collective Complaints, 1995 451

60. European Social Charter (Revised), 1996 455

61. European Convention on the Legal Status of Migrant Workers, 1977 480

62. European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1987 493

63. Protocol No. 1 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1993 500

64. Protocol No.

2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1993 502

65. European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, 1992 504

66. European Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, 1995 518

67. European Convention on the Exercise of Children's Rights, 1996 526

68. European Convention on Nationality, 1997 535

69. European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights, 2000 547

70. Final Act of The Helsinki Conference, 1975 557

71. Concluding Document of the Vienna Meeting of the CSCE Conference, 1989 585

72. Document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Second Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE, 1990 588

73. The Charter of Paris for a New Europe, 1990 604

74. Document of the Moscow Meeting of the Third Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE, 1991 615

75. Document of the CSCE Helsinki Summit Meeting, 1992 631

76. Document of the CSCE Budapest Summit Meeting, 1994 646

77. Document of the OSCE Lisbon Summit Meeting, 1996 657

Part 6 Latin American Developments

78. American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, 1948 665

79. American Convention on Human Rights, 1969 671

80. Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, 1988 693

81. Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty, 1990 701

82. Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture, 1985 703

83. Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women, 1994 708

84. Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons, 1994 715

Part 7 Developments in Africa

85. OAU Convention on the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, 1969 722

86. African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, 1981 728

87. Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, 1998 741

88. African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, 1990 748

Part 8 Developments in the Arab World

89. Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam, 1990 764

90. Declaration on the Protection of Refugees and Displaced Persons in the Arab World, 1992 770

91. Arab Charter on Human Rights, 1994 774

Part 9 The Concept of Equality

92. Dissenting Opinion of Judge Tanaka, South West African Cases (Second Phase), 1966 782

Part 10 Human Rights and the Human Genome

93. Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights, 1997 810

94. European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with Regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine (Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine), 1997 817

95. Additional Protocol to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with Regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine on the Prohibition of Cloning Human Beings, 1998 828

Part 11 Trade and Development

96. Some Economic Foundations of Human Rights: A Study Prepared by Jose Figueres, 1968 832

97. Declaration on the Right to Development, 1986 848

98. An Agenda for Development: Report and Recommendations of the UN Secretary-General, 1994 852

99. Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development, 1995 869.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

019924944X

OCLC:

48754160