Display - International Human Rights

To coincide with the publication of the latest edition of Law Professor Jo M. Pasqualucci's book, The Practice and Procedure of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, one of the McKusick Law Library's current displays is on International Human Rights, compiled by Gordana Filipovic. Included in the display are Professor Pasqualucci's book on the human rights system in the Western Hemisphere, Vincent O. Orlu Nmehielle's book, The African Human Rights System , and Kirsten Young's book The Law and Process of the U.N. Human Rights Commission on the procedure developed by the Commission to govern its consideration of violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). In addition, the display features the Encyclopedia of Human Rights, published by Oxford University Press, and Human Rights and Judicial Review, edited by David M. Beatty, a collection of essays on the basic principles, methods, and analysis that are used by the Supreme Courts of India, Japan, Canada and the United States, the Constitutional Courts of Germany and Italy, and the European Court of Human Rights to decide whether a law violates someone's constitutional rights. The display also includes the web address for the U.S. Department of State's website on Human Rights. This website contains the State Department's annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.

(This entry was originally written and posted by Marsha Stacey)