The International Bill of Rights : the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Author(s)

• Henkin, Louis

Bibliographic Information

The International Bill of Rights : the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Louis Henkin, editor

Columbia University Press, 1981

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• The development of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights / Vratislav Pechota
• To respect and to ensure, state obligations and permissible derogations / Thomas Buergenthal
• The self-determination of peoples / Antonio Cassese
• The right to life, physical integrity, and liberty / Yoram Dinstein
• Due process of law for persons accused of crime / Haji N.A. Noor Muhammad
• The freedom of movement / Stig Jagerskiold
• Legal personality, privacy, and the family / Fernando Volio
• Freedom of conscience and expression, and political freedoms / Karl Josef Partsch
• Equality and nondiscrimination / B.G. Ramcharan
• The rights of minorities / Louis B. Sohn
• Permissible limitations on rights / Alexandre Charles Kiss
• The obligation to implement the Covenant in domestic law / Oscar Schachter
• The implementation system / A.H. Robertson

Details

• NCID: BA00769170
• ISBN:
  • 0231051808
• LCCN: 81006112
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: x, 523 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : K3240.6
  • DC19 : 341.4/81
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Human rights