Human Rights: Handbook for Parliamentarians

Inter-Parliamentary Union and OHCHR

237 pages
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A 237-page handbook co-published by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Explains what human rights are, how international human rights law works, the role of state sovereignty, and how parliamentarians can implement human rights obligations in national legislation.

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