Dictionary of International Human Rights Law

The Dictionary of International Human Rights Law supplies “the sources, definitions, landmarks and cross‐references for 64 rights in international treaties and four ‘declared’ rights as well”. (“Declared” rights are rights which have been stated in declarations but not given effect in international law.) These terms of reference are set out in the preface which goes on to define what a human right is. The reader who does not look carefully at these opening pages will miss a great deal. Before the individual rights are examined in detail there is a long essay on issues and contexts. This looks at the...