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Additional authors

1. Andō, Nisuke, 1935-2016
2. United Nations. Human Rights Committee

Description

1. xv, 262 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

1. In celebration of the decades of work of the Human Rights Committee of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, 16 members contribute articles in English, French and Spanish to this collection. General topics include the work of the United Nations and this committee in protecting human rights, the history of the committee and its prospects, its work on general and specific issues. This volume includes case study from Australia about that nations' application of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Domestic Law. Each essay's notes serve as bibliographies, and by design there is no general index. Nijhoff is an imprint of Brill. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Series statement

1. Raoul Wallenberg Institute human rights library ; v. 18

Uniform title

1. Raoul Wallenberg Institute human rights library v. 18.

Subject

1. Human Rights
2. Human rights
3. United Nations. Human Rights Committee

Contents

1. pt. I. United Nations protection of human rights and the Human Rights Committee. United Nations human rights treaty bodies and special procedure of the Commission on Human Rights : complementary or competition / N. Rodley -- La proteccín internacional de los derechos humanos yu el Comité / J. Prado Villejo -- Le Comité des Droits de l'Homme des Nations Unies : aux confins d'une juridiction internationale des droits de l'homme / A. Amor -- Un Zoulou au Palais Wilson / M. Glèlè Ahanhanzo -- pt. II. Retrospecc and prospects of the Human Rights Committee. Solid foundation / A. Mavrommatis -- Problèmes particuliers recontrés dans les premières années d'activité du Comité / N. Bouziri -- pt. III. Activities of the Human Rights Committee (1), general issues. The Human Rights Committee's pronouncements on the right to an effective remedy : an illustration of the legal nature of the Committee's work under the Optional Protocol / M. Scheinin -- Los estradoe de excepción y la protección de os derecho humanos / R. Rivas Posada -- Reflections on Article 5 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights / E. Klein -- pt. IV. Activities of the Human Rights Committee (2), specific issues. La peine de mort et la Pacte international sur les droits civils et politiques / C. Chant -- El Comité de Derechos Humanos y la objeción de conciencia al servicio militar / H. Solari-Yrigoyen -- Democracy and liberty as human rights / L. Henken -- The Human Rights Committe's general comment on Article 25 / E. Evatt -- The evolution and problems of the jurisprudence of the Human Rights Committee's views concerning Article 26 / N. Ando -- The Human Rights Committee's jurisprudence on Article 26 : a pyrrhic victory? / C. Tomuschat -- pt. V. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and domestic law. The domestic application of the Covenant in Australia / L. Shearer.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

1. Contributions in English, French, Spanish.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain