A practical guide to using international human rights and criminal law procedures

Author/Creator:

Vega, Connie de la, author

Publication/Creation:

Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., 2019

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

A practical guide to using international human rights and criminal law procedures / Connie De la Vega and Alen Mirza

Series Titles:

Elgar practical guides
Elgar practical guides.

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Additional Author/Creators:

Mirza, Alan, author
Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Electronic books

Subjects:

Human rights
International criminal law

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Contents: Introduction -- 1. International human rights procedures -- 2. Regional human rights system -- 3. Advocacy at the international criminal court -- Conclusion -- Index.

Summary:

With this book, the authors provide a practical, experience-based guide for advocates seeking remedies for human rights violations through the use of international institutions. They offer step-by-step approaches for maximizing the institutions' intended effect-promotion of human rights at all levels. Since 1948, when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, mechanisms for addressing human rights violations have multiplied to include UN Charter based bodies, treaty-based organizations including the international criminal court, and regional institutions. Each mechanism has its own admissibility requirements: accreditation, timeliness of claims and exhaustion of remedies. For practitioners, the maze of rules and institutions can be difficult to navigate. The authors are able to offer guidance on how to work within international criminal and human rights mechanisms in a way that is useful to non-government actors and applies to English-speaking practitioners almost anywhere on the globe. These pages will serve as an indispensable manual for human rights practitioners, defenders and lawyers, members of non-governmental organizations engaged in advocacy and the students, scholars and faculty of law schools.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 200 pages).

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937004306902486

ISBN:

9781788119726 (e-book)