PAIL Institute Publications

PAIL Institute Monograph Series

UN Protection of Civil and Political Rights

Author(s): Carey, John

Hardcover - 205 pages (1970)
ISBN: 0-8156-2146-9; LC: 71-104674

Current Price: US $45.00

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About This Publication

UN Protection of Civil and Political Rights is a thorough study of the actual practice of human rights protection. Based on UN documents, this volume analyzes and criticizes the international experience.

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About The Author(s)

The Hon. John Carey served 33 years as editor of UN Law Reports.

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Reviews

Dugard, American Journal of International Law
"This slender volume should become the vade mecum of the lawyer, diplomat, scholar or layman who is concerned about human rights. It combines a thorough survey of United Nations material and scholarly opinion with a realistic appraisal of past practice and a forecast of future trends. Hopefully Mr. Carey's highly readable work will reach a wide audience and result in a more realistic and effective approach to human rights problems by the international community."

Samuels, Canadian Bar Review
"Carey's book must be the starting point for knowledge of the UN's work in the field of protection of civil and political rights. . . . [I]n reading this book, one will learn more about UN protection of civil and political rights than is possible by reading anything else, except the documents pored over by Carey himself."

Shank, Harvard International Law Journal
"Mr. Carey has performed a valuable service in gathering detailed information on current United Nations procedures in the area of the protection and promotion of human rights. . . . [He] has presented a balanced and realistic evaluation of the impact and potential of the United Nations human rights program. His most important insight is his warning that the key to an effective United Nations' effort to protect human rights is a reputation for impartiality."

Levie, St. John's Law Review
"Mr. Carey has produced a clearly-presented, easily-read and easily-understood book on a subject close to his heart, a subject which is of transcendental importance in this topsy-turvy era of human life. For any student of human rights, amateur or professional, private or governmental, national or international, John Carey's UN Protection of Civil and Political Rights is a must."

Nanda, Virginia Journal of International Law
"It is fitting that the study is published in the Procedural Aspects of International Law Series, a series that has already added seven outstanding books to the growing literature in this important area. . . . This insightful study should provide the necessary background material to better understand and appreciate these problems and should provoke further inquiry into what might be done to strengthen the UN human rights program. . . . The work should be of profound interest alike to UN officials, students of international law, and average laymen interested in human rights issues."

Bowman, American Bar Association Journal
"To the extent that it is possible to organize his subject and present it in practical terms, this author has done the job as well as it can be done at this point in history. His work is enriched by both his own United Nations experience and the many little-known, hard-to-find, bits of source-material which he unearthed there. These he has had the wit and talent to weave into a readable, colorful, literary tapestry which world-oriented lawyers are bound to enjoy, admire and, if they are by nature optimistic, find hopeful for man's future."

Van Boven, Netherlands International Law Review
"This book is particularly welcome because, compared with the works written on the European system or the protection of human rights, the number of monographs on the activities of the United Nations in the field of human rights is rather limited. . . . [The] book is a most stimulating and valuable piece of work which should be read by everyone interested in UN attempts to promote and protect human rights."

Raymond, Hastings Law Journal
"For those concerned with human rights, for those interested in the United Nations, and indeed for those merely looking for a well-written, interesting book on a timely topic, United Nations Protection of Civil and Political Rights is certainly recommended. . . . It is carefully prepared, thorough in treatment, objectively presented, and well-documented by footnotes. . . . The book speaks with the authorship of one who knows, not only from study but from wide experience."

Brockman, Notre Dame Lawyer
"If the remainder of this series is of the quality of this one, the basic research tools will be available for those who are involved in developing the effective enforcement of the norms protecting human rights in international law."

Bingham, New York Law Journal
"I can warmly recommend John Carey's UN Protection of Civil and Political Rights. Mr. Carey. . . is well aware of the U.N.'s considerable accomplishments in the human rights field, but he also sees clearly its grievous shortcomings. It is most appropriate that this book should appear in the twenty-fifth anniversary year of the United Nations."

Schwebl, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law
"[A] well-documented account. . . ."

Baxi, Sydney Law Review
"John Carey's book is an important and distinctive contribution to the literature on human rights."

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Table of Contents

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