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25+ Human Rights Documents Paperback - $5 (Upper East Side)
East 84th near Second and Third
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by Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University
(Author), J. Paul Martin (Preface). 200 pages
Cash Only
This little red book contains most of the major human rights treaties including:
UN Charter (excerpts only)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR),
Int'l Covenant on Civil & Political Rights (ICCPR),
Int'l Covenant on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights (ICESCR),
Torture Convention,
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Convention on the Elimination of ALl Forms of Discrimination against Women,
Convention on the Rights of the Child,
Genocide Convention,
Refugee Convention,
And some regional documents from the Council of Europe, OAU, OAS, and the Islamic Conference.
On the other hand, this book lefts out some important treaties and documents. For example, Geneva Conventions and some milestone resolutions of the UN General Assembly (e.g. Declaration on the Right to Development) are not included, although it is understandable that the book aims specifically at providing for very basic documents in the international human rights regime. Also note that there are no annotations or comments attached to all the documents.
You might not need a book like this when you can get a free copy of legal documents on the Internet, but one thing good for owning this book is that it's easy to carry. And easy to see. It would be worth owning it if you have an academic interest in human rights issues and unless you're a law student.