Historical Dictionary of Human Rights

Jacques Fomerand had a lengthy career with the United Nations Department of Economic Affairs. When he retired in 2003, he was director of the North-American United Nations University Office in New York. Since then he has taught in the UN Program at Occidental College, Los Angeles. He also teaches at New York University and John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York. He has published widely on international relations, international organization, human rights, North-South relations and human security.

• Editor’s Foreword Jon WoronoffPrefaceAcronyms and Abbreviations ChronologyIntroduction THE DICTIONARY AppendixesStructure of the UN Rights Bodies and Mechanisms Implementation Mechanisms of International Human Rights Standards: OverviewBasic Structure of the UN Human Rights Council Procedure for Individual Complaints to the UN Human Rights CommitteeTaking a Case to the European Court of Human RightsParis Principles Relating to the Status of National Human Rights Institutions: Annex to UNGA Resolution 48/134 of 4 March 1994Paris Principles Relating to the Status of National Human Rights Institutions: Annex to UNGABibliography About the Author