Essential texts on human rights for the police : a compilation of international instruments / / edited by Ralph Crawshaw, Leif Holmström.

Human rights law protects the rights and freedoms of individuals and groups within societies. Police officials are uniquely placed to ensure respect for, and secure protection of, those rights and freedoms. Those who exercise power on behalf of the people they serve need to be aware of the human rig...

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Superior document:Raoul Wallenberg Institute professional guides to human rights ; v. 8
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Year of Publication:2008
Edition:2nd rev. ed.
Language:English
Series:Raoul Wallenberg Institute professional guides to human rights ; v. 8.
Physical Description:1 online resource (532 p.)
Notes:"In cooperation with Human Rights Centre, University of Essex, United Kingdom."
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström
  • 1. Introduction to Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Universal Treaties / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström
  • 2. Universal Declaration of Human Rights / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström
  • 3. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström
  • 4. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström
  • 5. Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström
  • 6. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström
  • 7. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström
  • 8. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström
  • 9. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström
  • 10. Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström
  • 11. Convention on the Rights of the Child / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström
  • 12. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström
  • 13. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström
  • 14. International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström
  • 15. Article 3 Common to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström
  • 16. Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II) / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström
  • 1. Introduction to Regional Treaties / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström
  • 2. African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström
  • 3. Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples Rights / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström
  • 4. Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström
  • 5. American Convention on Human Rights "Pact of San Jose, Costa Rica" / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström
  • 6. Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström
  • 7. Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (European Convention on Human Rights) / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström
  • 8. Protocol No. 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström
  • 9. European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström.