International Human Rights

International Human Rights is the definitive guide to this diverse area of the law. The carefully selected extracts from primary and secondary materials and illuminating author commentary provide the reader with a sophisticated and thought-provoking analysis of the study of human rights within its wider social and political context.

PART A INTRODUCTORY NOTIONS AND BACKGROUND TO INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME; PART B NORMATIVE FOUNDATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS; PART C RIGHTS, DUTIES AND DILEMMAS OF UNIVERSALISM; PART D INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS; PART E STATES AS PROTECTORS AND ENFORCERS OF HUMAN RIGHTS; PART F CURRENT TOPICS