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Increasing recognition of the salience of human rights is reflected in the UN-declared Decade of Human Rights Education (1995-2004). By defining terms from "1235 Procedure (UN)" to "xenophobia", the author (affiliation unspecified) provides an important tool to non-legal expert students of human rights.
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"Compact and comprehensive...Condé's work strikes an excellent balance between breadth of coverage and depth of difinition."-Choice
The many terms and legal expressions in the discourse of human rights are often unknown or misunderstood in their international context. Yet human rights have their ultimate expression in the international legal context: in international treaties, declarations, country-specific or thematic reports, decisions of administrative or quasi-judicial bodies, and court judgments, all of which employ legal terminology. The same is increasingly so in the national legal context, which looks to the international context as a source of law and legal interpretation. A Handbook of International Human Rights Terminology is a much-needed tool that provides access to the developing language of human rights and aids in full comprehension of human rights theory and issues.
In this convenient handbook almost eight hundred key terms and acronyms commonly used in international and national human rights discourse are defined in non-technical language. Included are definitions of foreign language terminology, including many Latin terms. A useful appendix contains the full text of the four principal international human rights instruments that constitute the International Bill of Rights, along with an internationally accepted list of the specific substantive human rights contained in those instruments. An accessible introduction for students and newcomers to the field of human rights, this handbook will also serve as an indispensable reference for specialists.
A Handbook of International Human Rights Terminology (Human Rights in International Perspective Series)
A Handbook of International Human Rights Terminology (Human Rights in International Perspective Series),H. Victor Conde,University of Nebraska Press,0803264399,Dictionaries,General,Human rights,Law,Legal Reference / Law Profession,Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights,Political Science,Politics/International Relations,English,International human rights law
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