Human Rights Law-making in the United Nations: A Critique of Instruments and Process

Human Rights Law-making in the United Nations: A Critique of Instruments and Process
ISBN-10
0198255497
ISBN-13
9780198255499
Category
Law / International
Pages
351
Language
English
Published
1986
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Author
Theodor Meron

Description

Examining in detail the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, this book studies and critiques the methods employed by the United Nations in adopting instruments to protect human rights. Pointing to many examples of unclear provisions and of overlap and conflict within a single instrument or between instruments, Meron concludes that the present system of law-making is inadequate and suggests some reforms both of the institutions and of the process itself.

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