Oxford University Press Remedies in International Human Rights Law

This fully revised and updated new edition of Remedies in International Human Rights Law provides a comprehensive treatment of remedies for human rights violations and reviews the jurisprudence of international tribunals on these violations. It provides a theoretical framework and a practical guide for lawyers, judges, and academics interested in human rights law. This edition also incorporates a new chapter on historical injustices. All the cases of the Inter-American and European Courts of Human Rights are included, as well as decisions of the African and Inter-American Commissions on Human Rights, UN bodies, the European Court of Justice, international administrative tribunals, and national courts applying human rights law. Review Review from previous edition ... a valuable overview of the law and practice governing remedies ... urges litigants to show greater attention to their requests for remedies - a task that will unquestionably be far more feasible with the publication of this book. .. the book is a valuable resource. Indeed, because of Shelton's comprehensive approach and her important, well-documented conclusions, the book will undoubtedly change the international discourse on the problem of providing remedies for human rights violations. ( The American Journal of International Law, Vol. 95, 2001) Review from previous edition this book will be of great interest to anyone, practitioners and academics alike, with an interest in human rights law. ( Helene Lambert, Int. & Comparative law Quarterly, Vol.49, Oct 2000.) About the Author Dinah Shelton is Patricia Roberts Harris Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School in Washington D.C. and a member of the Board of Editors of the American Journal of International Law.