Over the past ten years economic, social and cultural rights have received more, although
certainly not yet sufficient, attention at the international governmental level. The Committee on …

Adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, CEDAW (the Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) has impacted women’s rights in the areas of …

This book is the first collection of international legal documents related to the new, highly
controversial & politically sensitive issue of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes & …

The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights was adopted on 27 June 1981 by the
Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). The …

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was adopted by the General Assembly of
the United Nations in 1948 set the standard for international and regional human rights …

The General Observations which begin the Limburg Principles are intended to:(1) emphasize
the rightful place of economic, social, and cultural rights in international human rights law,(2…

In his book, International Law and Human Rights, the late Sir Hersch Lauterpacht, eminent
international scholar and former judge at the International Court of Justice, strongly rejected …

This chapter applies the four forms of rehabilitation to resettlement. We begin with a critical
reflection on the history of resettlement, setting this out as an intractable problem, with a litany …

In 1986 the International Commission of Jurists, the Maastricht Centre for Human Rights of
the University of Limburg (the Netherlands) and the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights, …

'We the Peoples of the United Nations', the well-known opening phrase of the Preamble of
the United Nations Charter, is often cited as the source of legitimacy of the World Organization…