International Human Rights in a Nutshell

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West Group, 2002 - Law - 450 pages
A reliable source on international human rights law for students, practitioners, and professors. Provides an overview of the international, regional and domestic human rights systems. It includes developments at the ad hoc Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda in the context of applicable principles of international humanitarian law. Discover the history behind international human rights, including the institutional context from which they evolved. Features expert review of human rights norms and identifies new developments in this area.

About the author (2002)

Dinah Shelton is Professor of International Law at Notre Dame Law School, Centre for Human Rights.

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