Human rights in crisis : the international system for protecting rights during states of emergency /

Recent events in South America, central Europe, Africa, and Russia have again brought to the world's attention the complex interrelationship between states of emergency and the preservation of fundamental human rights. In Human Rights in Crisis, Joan Fitzpatrick offers the first systematic and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fitzpatrick, Joan, 1950-2003
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1994.
Series:Procedural aspects of international law series ; v. 19.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv4w3vc7
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Editor's Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • I. Defining the Problem
  • II. Effects of Emergencies on Human Rights
  • III. Setting Standards
  • IV. The United Nations System: Treaty Organs
  • V. The United Nations System: Non-Treaty Mechanisms
  • VI. Regional Systems
  • VII. The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations
  • VIII. Conclusion
  • Appendix: The Queensland Guidelines for Bodies Monitoring Respect for Human Rights During States of Emergency
  • Bibliography
  • Table of Cases
  • Index
  • Backmatter