| Description |
1 online resource (lxvii, 777 pages). |
| Series |
Historical dictionaries of religions, philosophies, and movements |
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Historical dictionaries of religions, philosophies, and movements.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
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Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; #; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Appendix 1 International Human Rights Standards: Implementation Mechanisms; Appendix 2 Human Rights Architecture at the United Nations; Appendix 3 Structure of the UN Human Rights Council; Appendix 4 UN 1503 Complaint Procedure; Appendix 5 UN Special Procedures Manual: Excerpts; Appendix 6 Procedure for Individual Complaints to the UN Human Rights Committee. |
| Summary |
The Historical Dictionary of Human Rights covers the history of the Human Rights movement through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 1000 cross-referenced entries on terminology, conventions, treaties, intergovernmental organizations in the United Nations family or regional bodies, and the constantly expanding universe of non-governmental organizations, as well as some of the pioneers and defenders. This book is an excellent access point for stude. |
| Contents |
Appendix 7 State Party Reporting to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural RightsAppendix 8 State Reporting to UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; Appendix 9 UNESCO Individual Complaint Procedure: Procedure of 104 EX/Decision 3.3; Appendix 10 Complaint Procedure of the International Labour Organization; Appendix 11 Taking a Case to the European Court of Human Rights; Appendix 12 Complaint Procedure in the Inter-American Commission and Court on Human Rights. |
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Appendix 13 Paris Principles Relating to the Status of National Human Rights Institutions: Annex toBibliography; About the Author. |
| Subject |
Human rights -- History -- Dictionaries.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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Human rights. (OCoLC)fst00963285
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Mänskliga rättigheter -- historia.
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| Genre/Form |
Dictionaries. (OCoLC)fst01423826
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Dictionaries.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fomerand, Jacques. Historical dictionary of human rights. Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014] 9780810858459 (DLC) 2013033859 (OCoLC)856861456 |
| ISBN |
9780810880351 (electronic bk.) |
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0810880350 (electronic bk.) |
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