Human Rights in the Commonwealth
A Status Report
Published on 1. December 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
84 pages
978-0-85092-894-5 (ISBN)
Description
Human Rights in the Commonwealth presents a comprehensive survey of the state of human rights, as measured by each country's formal engagement with the main international standards and norms, across the fifty-three member countries of the association. For each country the report details the human rights instruments signed, ratified or acceded to, together with information on the main human rights institution in the country. The report also includes articles on key human rights themes of global relevance.
Reviews / Votes
'An exceedingly useful publication that will be of great value' - Bertrand Ramcharan, Former Acting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. 'This publication is an invaluable resource for all those committed to bringing home international human rights standards to the peoples and states of the Commonwealth.' - Professor Paul Hunt, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to the highest attainable standard of health (2002-2008)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
col. Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 170 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-85092-894-5 (9780850928945)
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Persons
Content
List of Abbreviations Foreword by Kamalesh Sharma, Commonwealth Secretary-General Introduction by Dr Purna Sen, Head of Human Rights The Core Human Rights Treaties Reservations to human rights treaties Monitoring the implementation of human rights treaties through reports Universal Periodic Review Strengthening National Human Rights Institutions: The Commonwealth Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (CFNHRI) by Margaret Sekaggya, Chairperson of the CFNHRI Human Rights in the Commonwealth at a Glance Regional Analysis of Commonwealth Human Rights Information Annex: Universal Declaration of Human Rights The Human Rights Unit and Contacts