International human rights : law, policy, and process / David Weissbrodt ... [et al.]. - 4th ed. - New Providence, NJ : LexisNexis Matthew Bender, c2009. - xliv, 1259, [24] p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxviii-xliv) and index.

Introduction to international human rights -- An exercise in drafting international human rights standards : business and human rights -- Ratification and implementation of treaties : the covenant on economic, social and cultural rights -- State reporting under international human rights treaties : cultural relativism -- Women's human rights : individual complaint procedures under international human rights treaties -- What U.N. charter-based procedures are available for violations of human rights? -- Humanitarian intervention : international law and procedures to prevent and halt massive human rights violations -- How can human rights violators be held accountable? -- International human rights fact-finding How does U.S. foreign policy influence human rights in other countries? -- The inter-American system and the interpretation and application of human rights instruments -- The European human rights system -- Domestic remedies for human rights violations within the U.S. -- U.S. adjudicative remedies for violations under the alien tort statute -- Refugee and asylum law : jurisprudence of human rights : cultural relativism revisited -- The ILO and child labor -- What seem to be the causes of human rights violations and how might knowledge as to causation be used?


Bibliographic resource of the General Collection.

9781422411735 (hbk.: alk. paper) 1422411737 (hbk. : alk. paper)


Human Rights

341.481 / I61