The inter-American system of human rights edited by David J. Harris and Stephen Livingstone. - Oxford New York Clarendon Press Oxford University Press 1998. - xxv, 588 p. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Regional protection of human rights : the inter-American achievement Rise of the inter-American human rights regime : no longer a unicorn, not yet an ox Inter-American commission on human rights : its organization and examination of petitions and communications Role of country reports in the inter-American system of human rights Operation of the inter-American court of human rights Interaction between the political actors of the OAS, the commission and the court Civil and political rights protected in the inter-American human rights system Protection of economic, social and cultural rights under the inter-American system of human rights Protection of indigenous rights in the inter-American system for the protection of human rights States of emergency in the inter-American human rights system Inter-American human rights system at the dawn of at the new century : recommendations for improvement of its mechanism of protection Procedural shortcomings in the defense of human rights : an inequality of arms David Harris -- Tom Farer -- Christina Cerna -- Cecilia Medina -- Antonio Augusto Cancado Trindade -- separation in the inter-American system Dinah Shelton -- Verónica Gómez -- Scott Davidson -- Matthew Craven -- Ellen Lutz -- Joan Fitzpatrick -- Antonio Augusto Cancado Trindade -- José Miguel Vivanco and Lisa L. Bhansali.

0198265522 (hb : alk. paper)

97-45971


Human rights--America.

KDZ 574 / .I576 1998