The Inter-American System of Human Rights

Stephen Livingstone editor David J Harris editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:11th Jun '98

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This book, which can be used as a text for teaching purposes, gives a fascinating, and authoritative treatment both the rights protected by the Inter-American system and of the way in which its institutions work. An important part of the book is a thorough, article by article account of the guarantee in the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man and in the American Convention on Human Rights of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights in the light of the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and of the Commission's many country reports on the human rights situation in particular states. There are also chapters on the rights of indigenous peoples, amnesty laws and states of emergencies. The evolution and current methods of work of the Commission and the Court are set out at length and their achievements are critically assessed. The role of non-governmental organisations is also examined in this context. The book will be invaluable to all those interested in the protection of human rights in the Americas and international human rights law generally.

Destined to be the standard work for the forseeable future on the Inter-American human rights system ... this weighty volume towers above other books on the subject ... Fourteen specialists ... give rounded, detailed, and thought-provoking observations ... a tome to which scholars and students of international human rights law will frequently refer. * C. E. Welch, SUNY at Buffalo, Choice, Feb 1999, Vol 36, no 6 *

ISBN: 9780198265528

Dimensions: 246mm x 163mm x 37mm

Weight: 1076g

616 pages