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Dictionary of International Human Rights Law
Connie de la Vega
This one-of-a-kind Dictionary provides a comprehensive breakdown of terms employed in the discussion of international human rights law. In addition to a list of definitions, this innovative volume also includes an appendix featuring descriptions of major treaties, documents, and other important human rights instruments, along with references on how to locate them.
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- Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam
- Charter of the Fundamental Rights of the European Union
- Charter of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (Tokyo Tribunal)
- Charter of the International Military Tribunal of August 8, 1945 (Nuremberg Charter)
- Charter of the Organization of American States
- Charter of the United Nations
- Child Labor
- Child, Rights of
- Civil and Political Rights
- Civil Society
- Clothing, Right to
- Color
- Command Responsibility
- Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, UN
- Commission on Human Rights, UN
- Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), UN
- Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), UN
- Committee Against Torture (CAT)
- Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Committee on Enforced Disappearances
- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
- Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
- Common Article 3
- Communications
- Complementarity
- Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)
- Conscientious Objection
- Constitution of Solon
- Consular Assistance, Right to
- Contentious or Adjudicatory Jurisdiction
- Control Council Law No. 10
- Convention
- Convention Against the Taking of Hostages
- Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees
- Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
- Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
- Copenhagen Earth Summit (Climate Change)
- Core Human Rights Treaties
- Corporal Punishment
- Council of Europe (COE)
- Counsel, Right to
- Covenant
- Covenant of the League of Nations
- Crime of Aggression
- Crimes Against Humanity
- Crimes Against Peace
- Criminal Justice
- Criminal Sanctions
- Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Cultural Relativism
- Culture, Right to
- Customary International Law
- Back Matter
Subjects: Law - Academic, Public International Law, Politics and Public Policy, Human Rights
This one-of-a-kind Dictionary provides a comprehensive breakdown of terms employed in the discussion of international human rights law. In addition to a list of definitions, this innovative volume also includes an appendix featuring descriptions of major treaties, documents, and other important human rights instruments, along with references on how to locate them.
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or login to access all content.- Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam
- Charter of the Fundamental Rights of the European Union
- Charter of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (Tokyo Tribunal)
- Charter of the International Military Tribunal of August 8, 1945 (Nuremberg Charter)
- Charter of the Organization of American States
- Charter of the United Nations
- Child Labor
- Child, Rights of
- Civil and Political Rights
- Civil Society
- Clothing, Right to
- Color
- Command Responsibility
- Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, UN
- Commission on Human Rights, UN
- Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), UN
- Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), UN
- Committee Against Torture (CAT)
- Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Committee on Enforced Disappearances
- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
- Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
- Common Article 3
- Communications
- Complementarity
- Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)
- Conscientious Objection
- Constitution of Solon
- Consular Assistance, Right to
- Contentious or Adjudicatory Jurisdiction
- Control Council Law No. 10
- Convention
- Convention Against the Taking of Hostages
- Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees
- Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
- Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
- Copenhagen Earth Summit (Climate Change)
- Core Human Rights Treaties
- Corporal Punishment
- Council of Europe (COE)
- Counsel, Right to
- Covenant
- Covenant of the League of Nations
- Crime of Aggression
- Crimes Against Humanity
- Crimes Against Peace
- Criminal Justice
- Criminal Sanctions
- Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Cultural Relativism
- Culture, Right to
- Customary International Law
- Back Matter