Title Basic documents on human rights / edited by Ian Brownlie

Edition Third edition Published Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992

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Description x, 631 pages ; 25 cm Contents Part 2. Implementation and standard-setting in conventions sponsored by the United Nations: I. International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, 1966 -- II. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 -- III. Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 -- IV. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1966 -- V. International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, 1973 -- VI. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979 -- VII. Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989 -- VIII. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Their Families, 1990 Part 3. Contribution of the international labour organization: I. Declaration Concerning the Aims and Purposes of the International Labour Organization, 1944 -- II. Convention Concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour, 1930 -- III. Convention Concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour, 1957 -- IV. Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention, 1948 -- V. Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 -- VI. Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 -- VII. Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 -- VIII. Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962 -- IX. Social Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) Convention, 1962 -- X. Employment Policy Convention, 1964 -- XI. Convention Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries, 1989 Part 4. Contribution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization: i. Convention Against Discrimination in Education, 1960 -- Part 5. European institutions and conventions: I. The European Convention on Human Rights and its Five Protocols -- II. European Social Charter, 1961 -- III. The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1987 -- IV. Final Act of the Helsinki Conference, 1975 -- V. Concluding Document of the Vienna Meeting of the CSCE Conference, 1989 -- VI. Document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE, 1990 -- VII. The Charter of Paris for a New Europe, 1990 Part 6. Latin American developments: I. American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, 1948 -- II. American Convention on Human Rights, 1969 -- III. Additional Protocol of the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1988 -- IV. The Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture, 1985 Part 7. Developments in Africa: I. First Conference of Independent African States, 1958 -- II. Second Conference of Independent African States, 1960 -- III. Resolutions of the First Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity, 1964 -- IV. The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights Part 8. The Concept of Equality: I. Dissenting opinion of Judge Tanaka, South West Africa Cases (Second Phase), 1966 -- Part 9. Trade and Development: I. Some economic foundations of human rights: a study prepared by Jose Figueres ; II. Towards a new trade policy for development. A: report by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 1964 Part one: Standard-setting by the United Nations Organization: I. Relevant provisions of the United Nations Charter -- II. Procedure in the Commission on Human Rights of the Economic and Social Council -- III. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 -- IV. Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, 1960 -- V. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 1948 -- VI. Declaration on Protection from Torture, 1975 -- VII. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1984 -- VIII. Slavery Convention , 1926, amended by Protocol, 1953 -- IX. Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery, 1956 -- X. Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951 -- XI. Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, 1954 -- XII. Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, 1961 -- XIII. Convention on the Political Rights of Women, 1953 -- XIV. Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, 1981 Summary Completely revised and updated, this third edition of Basic Documents on Human Rights is designed to provide a useful collection of sources on human rights in the form of a handbook. Coverage is given to recent United Nations declarations and conventions, European Institutions and conventions, the contribution of the International Labor Organization, and developments in Latin America, Africa, and Asia in human rights.--Publisher description Analysis Rights Human rights Overseas item Reference works Social justice Treaties and conventions UN conventions United Nations Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes index Subject Civil rights. Human rights -- History -- Sources. Human rights. Author Brownlie, Ian. LC no. 92009841 ISBN 0198256833 0198257120

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