International Encyclopedia of Human Rights: Freedoms, Abuses, and Remedies

ISBN-13: 9781568024905 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 450 str.

Robert L. Maddex; Desmond Tutu; Mary Robinson

Opis

The International Encyclopedia of Human Rights is written for both students of the subject and those who are actively working in the field. This new reference work points readers in the right direction for enforcing their rights rather than merely setting them forth in the abstract.

Through entries that define and describe concepts and terms, to text excerpts of documents, charts depicting global comparisons, essays on organizations, and biographies of activists and theorists, this reference will serve the research and information needs of students, scholars, activists, and interested citizens. Giving the broadest scope to the terms human rights and freedoms, this comprehensive source encompasses constitutional rights and freedoms as well as those addressed in international and regional agreements.

The book goes beyond the abstract to include practical information on remedies for violations of a person's rights and freedoms by a national government, and on the private and government rights organizations that assist in reporting on or enforcing human rights.