International human rights monitoring mechanisms : a study of their impact in the UK / Brice Dickson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dickson, Brice, author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar Studies in Human Rights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.

Summary:

Brice Dickson examines the engagement of the United Kingdom with international human rights monitoring mechanisms, in particular those operated by the United Nations and the Council of Europe since 2000. Dickson explores how these mechanisms work in practice and whether they have any identifiable impact on how human rights are protected in the UK.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Tables

Preface

Abbreviations

1. Introduction to International Human Rights Monitoring Mechanisms

2. International monitoring as a human rights enforcement mechanism

3. UK engagement with international monitoring

4. General monitoring

5. The monitoring of civil and political rights

6. The monitoring of economic, social and cultural rights

7. The monitoring of racial and minority discrimination

8. The monitoring of gender, age and disability discrimination

9. Concluding observations

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Dickson, Brice International Human Rights Monitoring Mechanisms

ISBN:

9781803920511