The Law of International Human Rights Protection
- ISBN-10
- 0199565201
- ISBN-13
- 9780199565207
- Series
- The Law of International Human Rights Protection
- Category
- Human rights
- Pages
- 589
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Authors
- Walter Kälin, Jörg Künzli
Description
Human rights are invoked on many occasions. But are they more than lofty values and abstract principles? This text shows how human rights create legal entitlements for those protected by them and impose obligations on those bound by them.
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