International Law and Human Rights

Contents: Preface. 1. Nature and scope of international human rights. 2. Democracy and development of human rights in Asia. 3. International protection of human rights. 4. Human rights law in global world. 5. U.S. Policy for human rights. 6. Theoretical and psychological approaches for human rights. 7. Human rights in the Europe. 8. “Velvet Revolutions” in East Central Europe for human rights. 9. Legal setting for human rights. 10. Human rights in Haiti: searching for peace. Bibliography. Index.

“Human Rights and International Law evaluates critically the argument that human rights in general and democracy in particular contribute to peaceful international relations.

The judicial interpretation of human rights law from all available sources in one comprehensive volume, covering the jurisprudence of the U.N. Human Rights monitoring bodies, the European Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American System. This definitive compendium will be essential for legal practitioners, government and non-governmental officials, and academics and students of constitutional law and the international law of human rights.