The fundamentals of international human rights treaty law / by Bertrand G. Ramcharan.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-279) and index.

The nature and characteristics of international human rights treaty law -- The requirement of a national protection system -- Democracy and the rule of law -- Human rights in times of crises or emergencies -- Preventive strategies : obligations to prevent under international human rights treaties and jurisprudence -- The duty to respect, protect and ensure -- The duty to provide redress -- The essence of supervision in reporting systems -- The essence of petitions and fact-finding procedures -- Universality, equality and justice.

This book has a simple objective: to present the fundamentals of international human rights treaty law in a way that can be helpful to the national leader, official, or legal adviser whose duty it is to help put a human rights treaty regime into the law and practice in his or her country. It is a book of international law, as provided for in the principal international and regional human rights treaties and draws upon the jurisprudence and practice of their monitoring organs.

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