Yearbook of the European convention on human rights; v.49

Reference & Research Book News, May, 2008

Yearbook of the European convention on human rights; v.49.

Council of Europe.

Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

2007

839 pages

$620.00

Hardcover

Series: title

KJC5132

The yearbook gathers together the legal materials relevant to the European Convention on Human Rights from the year 2006. It publishes any changes in the basic texts, as well as signatures, ratifications, reservations, and declarations by states. A section covering the European Court of Human Rights and the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe lists court proceedings, describes the subject matter of Court judgments, summarizes judgments of the Grand Chamber, and presents resolutions and texts adopted by the Committee of Ministers. Also presented are replies of the Committee of Ministers to Parliamentary Assembly recommendations and written questions; recommendations, resolutions, and opinions of the Parliamentary Assembly; and descriptions of relevant activities of the Directorate General of Human Rights. Reports on individual countries contain information on legislative acts and other official acts of member states related to the Convention, along with decisions of domestic courts concerning guaranteed rights of the Convention. The material is presented in English and French on facing pages, with the exception of the country reports, which are presented in the language in which they were originally submitted by member states. Two appendices provide a selective bibliography of publications concerning the Convention and biographical notices of judges elected to the European Court of Human Rights. Martinus-Nijhoff is an imprint of Brill.

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