The International Dimension of Human Rights: A Guide for Application in Domestic Law
Inter-American Development Bank & American University, 2001
Posted: 21 May 2009
Date Written: 2001
Abstract
This casebook, published by the Inter-American Development Bank and the Academy for Human Rights and Humanitarian Rights of American University, Washington College of Law, is meant to help members of international judiciaries improve their understanding, analysis, and application of international human rights standards. These standards constitute an essential catalogue of the fundamental rights and freedoms that are found in the core principles of all modern democracies. There is no doubt that the effective application of human rights law provides a more favorable environment for poverty reduction, economic growth, and legal security.
This casebook includes extracts of judgments, reports, and opinions of international supervisory organs and domestic judicial tribunals, as well as the work of scholars in this subject. It also includes the most relevant international treaties on human rights adopted by the inter-American, universal and European systems.
Keywords: human rights, domestic law
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