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The human rights covenants at 50 : their past, present, and future / edited by Daniel Moeckli, Helen Keller ; assistant editor, Corina Heri.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966 December 16).
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
- International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (1966 December 16).
- International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.
- Human rights--History.
- Human rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (401 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- Half a century ago, on 16 December 1966, the UN General Assembly adopted the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). While the adoption of the two UN human rights covenants was celebrated all over the world, their 50th anniversary has received very little attention from the international community. This text marks this anniversary by taking stock of the first half-century of the existence of what are probably the world's two most important human rights treaties. It does so by reflecting on what the covenants have achieved (or failed to achieve) in the years that have passed, by determining and comparing their current influence in the various regions of the world, and by assessing their potential roles in the future.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-256028-X
- 0-19-186490-0
- 0-19-256027-1
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