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This new edition of the established text Basic Documents on Human Rights provides an extensive collection of key documents covering all elements of the subject, accompanied by authoritative commentary and bibliographic annotation. The result is a clear and accurate set of the most important human rights instruments adopted by the United Nations and its agencies, by regional organizations and other actors in the field. This text contains the absolute essentials for a thorough study of human rights, mapping well onto both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. It provides the convenience of an indispensable 'one-stop' collection for research and reference needs, with guidance from the leading experts in the field. Updated to include key new developments in human rights law such as Protocol 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights, amending the control system of the Convention; the optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (2002); Protocol to the African Charter on Human & People's Rights on Women in African States (2003). Online Resource Centre The fifth edition is also accompanied by an Online Resource Centre which features annotated links to relevant sites and documents, capitalising on the authors' expertise in the subject.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #355313 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 1304 pages

About the Author
Mr Ian Brownlie CBE QC is a Barrister at Blackstone Chambers, London, Chichele Professor of Public International Law at the University of Oxford and Honorary Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.