Regional protection of human rights : basic documents / Dinah L. Shelton, Paolo G. Carozza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shelton, Dinah.

Contributor:

Carozza, Paolo G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (596 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The international protection of human rights is generally recognized as a fundamental aim of modern international law. Even a cursory review of legal systems for the protection of human rights demonstrates the rapid expansion of this field since the end of World War II. During this period, nearly all global and regional organizations have adopted human rights standards and addressed human rights violations by member states. As a consequence, no state today can claim that its treatment of those within its jurisdiction is a matter solely of domestic concern. In Regional Protection of Human Right

Contents:

Cover; Contents; I. EUROPEAN REGIONAL TEXTS; Statute of the Council of Europe (extracts), May 5, 1949, E.T.S. No. 1 (entered into force Aug. 3, 1949); Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, (as amended by Protocols No. 11 and No. 14), originally opened for signature Nov. 4, 1950, E.T.S. No. 5 (entered into force as amended June 1, 2010); Protocol No. 1, Mar. 20, 1952, E.T.S. No. 9 (entered into force May 18, 1954)

Protocol No. 4, Securing Certain Rights and Freedoms Other Than Those Already Included in the Convention and in the First Protocol Thereto, Sep. 16, 1963, E.T.S. No. 46 (entered into force May 2, 1968)Protocol No. 6, Concerning the Abolition of the Death Penalty, Apr. 28, 1983, E.T.S. No. 114 (entered into force Mar. 1, 1985); Protocol No. 7, Nov. 22, 1984, E.T.S. No. 117 (entered into force Nov. 1, 1988); Protocol No. 12, Nov. 4, 2000, E.T.S. No. 177 (entered into force Apr. 1, 2005)

Protocol No. 13, Concerning the Abolition of the Death Penalty in All Circumstances, May 3, 2002, E.T.S. No. 187 (entered into force July 1, 2003)European Court of Human Rights; Rules of Court; Practice Directions; Application Form; European Social Charter, Oct. 18, 1961, E.T.S. No. 35 (entered into force Feb. 26, 1965); Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter, May 5, 1988, E.T.S. No 128 (entered into force Sept. 4, 1992); European Social Charter (Revised) May 3, 1996, E.T.S. No. 163 (entered into force July 1, 1999)

Additional Protocol Providing for a System of Collective Complaints, Nov. 9, 1995, E.T.S. No. 158 (entered into force July 1, 1998)European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (as amended by Protocols No. 1 and No. 2), originally opened for signature Nov. 26, 1987, E.T.S. No. 126 (entered into force as amended Mar. 1, 2002); European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages : Nov. 5, 1992, E.T.S. No. 148 (entered into force Mar. 1, 1998)

Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, Feb. 1, 1995, E.T.S. No. 157 (entered into force Feb. 1, 1998)Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, Apr. 4, 1997, E.T.S. No. 164 (entered into force Dec. 1, 1999); Additional Protocol on the Prohibition of Cloning Human Beings, Jan. 12, 1998, E.T.S. No. 168 (entered into force Mar. 1, 2001); Additional Protocol concerning Genetic Testing for Health Purposes, Nov. 27, 2008, E.T.S. No. 203 (not in force); Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, May 16, 2005, E.T.S. No. 197 (entered into force Feb. 1, 2008)

Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, May 11, 2011, E.T.S. No. 210 (not in force)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 10, 2013).

ISBN:

0-19-994152-1

0-19-998240-6

OCLC:

852759364