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• Title:International human rights in a nutshell / Thomas Buergenthal, Dinah Shelton, David P. Stewart, Carlos M. Vázquez.
  
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• Variant Title:International human rights
  
• Author/Creator:Buergenthal, Thomas, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Shelton, Dinah, author.
  Stewart, David P., author.
  Vázquez, Carlos M., author.
  
• Published/Created:St. Paul, MN : West Academic Publishing, [2017]
  ©2017
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: K3240.4 .B84 2017
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:International law and human rights.
  Human rights.
  
• Edition:Fifth edition.
  
• Description:xliii, 553 pages ; 19 cm
  
• Series:Nutshell series.
  
• Summary:"[This book provides an]...overview of the international, regional and domestic human rights systems. Reviews recent developments in the field, including in the UN, European, OAS and African human rights systems and the adoption of new conventions such as those on forced disappearances and persons with disabilities. Includes chapters on the treatment of human rights treaties and norms within the U.S. legal system as well as on the role of non-governmental human rights organizations. Discover the history behind international human rights, including the institutional context from which they evolved."-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781634605984
  1634605985
  
• Contents:Historical antecedents of international human rights law
  The United Nations human rights system
  The European system for the protection of human rights
  The inter-American human rights system
  The African and other regional systems
  Incorporation and application of human rights in the United States
  Non-state actors.