International action against racial discrimination

Author(s)

• Banton, Michael

Bibliographic Information

International action against racial discrimination

Michael Banton

Clarendon Press, 1996

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [346]-350) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is the first book to provide an inside account of how a United Nations human rights treaty body actually works. At the same time it is an introduction to the international law of racial discrimination. The book focuses on the practical operation and implementation of the International Covenant on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, emphasising throughout the relationship between the law and politics. The book takes account of current issues in international race relations - from the process of dismantling apartheid in South Africa to recent horrors and genocides in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. Michael Banton's latest work will be crucial reading for anyone interested in eliminating racial discrimination on an international level. About Michael Banton: Michael Banton is Chairman of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 1996-98.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA27723895
• ISBN:
  • 0198280610
• LCCN: 95047057
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 362 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HT1521
  • DC20 : 305.8
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : United Nations. General Assembly. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
  • LCSH : Race discrimination
  • LCSH : Race discrimination -- Law and legislation
  • LCSH : Human rights