Human rights : a reference handbook

Human rights : a reference handbook

Nina Redman and Lucille Whalen

ch. 1. Introduction
Human rights: a definition
Development of international human rights
International law and human rights
Current human rights issues
ch. 2. Chronology
ch. 3. Biographical sketches
ch. 4. Selected human rights documents
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights , Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention
Declaration of the Rights of the Child
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons
Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons
Declaration on the Right to Development
ch. 5. Directory of organizations
ch. Selected print resources
ch. 7. Selected nonprint resources.

There is other “Human rights : a reference handbook”book, by Lucille Whalen; with an introduction by David Hinkley. A handbook listing books, periodicals, directories, non-print materials, and other information sources on human rights, intended for researchers, students, and activists.

Author: international

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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, Convention on the Rights of the Child, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.