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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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Although he praises the ``great achievements'' of the UN in promoting human rights, Meron (New York University School of Law) focuses on inadequacies in the UN civil and political rights treaties, and on resulting difficulties in interpretation and application. He analyzes three major UN instruments, their relation to the ensemble of other human rights treaties, and the lawmaking process of the UN and its specialized agencies. After describing conflicting provisions, gaps, and undesirable overlap in various instruments, he identifies areas where more UN lawmaking is needed, and where expert assistance is required for drafting and coordinating human rights legislation. This work gives an overview of UN and regional efforts through 1985, and draws on numerous documentary and secondary sources. Among related studies are: Myres S. McDougal, Harold D. Lasswell, and Lung-chu Chen's Human Rights and World Public Order (1980); L.J. MacFarlane's The Theory and Practice of Human Rights (CH Dec '85); Human Rights in International Law: Legal and Policy Issues, ed. by Meron (1984); and Paul Sieghart's The International Law of Human Rights (CH Jul '83). Detailed footnotes and annexes of treaty texts. Recommended for upper-division undergraduate students and above in international law.-B.S. Roberts, formerly University of Connecticut