Human rights today: European legal texts

Book abstract:

This book will be a major tool for all those implied in securing the universal and effective observance of human rights. The book covers three main legal instruments for the maintenance and observation of fundamental rights; the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, as well as the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.

The three conventions are accompanied by their Protocols, explanatory reports , and the rules adopted by different organs of the conventions; the European Court of Human Rights, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.

This book will be an essential reference tool for lawyers, researchers, students and for all those interested in the mechanisms of enforcement of human rights and fundamental freedoms.