Table of Contents

Regional Protection of Human Rights

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Bibliographical Note on Print and Internet Resources
CHAPTER I. REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
CHAPTER II REGIONAL INSTRUMENTS AND DOMESTIC LEGAL SYSTEMS
CHAPTER III THE REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR POWERS
CHAPTER IV COMPLAINT PROCEDURES
CHAPTER V APPLYING REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS
CHAPTER VI JURISPRUDENCE ON SELECTED RIGHTS
CHAPTER VII RESPONDING TO WIDESPREAD VIOLATIONS
CHAPTER VIII CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE
Index

Regional Protection of Human Rights: Documentary Supplement

I. EUROPEAN TEXTS

II. ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES

III. AFRICAN UNION

IV. THE LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES

V. THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH-EAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN)

About the Author

Dinah L. Shelton is the Manatt/Ahn Professor of International Law at George Washington University Law School. She is the author of three prize-winning books, and has also authored many other articles and books on international law, human rights law, and international environmental law. Professor Shelton is a member of the board of editors of the American Journal of International Law and is a vice-president of the American Society of International
Law. She serves on the boards and as a legal consultant to many human rights and environmental organizations. Professor Shelton was elected to the Inter- American Commission of Human Rights in June 2009. In 2013 Dinah
Shelton was awarded Goler T. Butcher Medal for outstanding contributions to the development or effective realization of international human rights law.

Paolo G. Carozza is Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame and an expert is in the areas of comparative law, human rights, and international law. From 2006 to 2010 he was a member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and served as its President in 2008-09. At Notre Dame, he is the Director of the Kellogg Institute for international Studies, an interdisciplinary, university-wide institute focusing primarily on the themes of democracy and human development.
In the Law School, he is Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights, including its J.S.D. program in international human rights law, and the Director of the Law School's Program on Law and Human Development. He
is also a fellow of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and of the Nanovic Institute for European Studies. He has taught at several universities in Europe and Latin America and has been a Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School.

Reviews

"The topical coverage is thorough, the organization logical, the selection of cases expert and up to date, and the knowledge of all 3 systems abundant and sophisticated."--Doug Cassel, Director, Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame Law School
"This book is a welcome addition to the International Human Rights canon and a crowning achievement for these esteemed scholars. The book promises to make a valuable and timely contribution to the field. It will be an invaluable desk reference for any student, scholar or practitioner of international human rights and provides an excellent vehicle for teaching an introductory or advanced course on the subject."--Beth Van Schaack, Assistant Professor,
Santa Clara University School of Law