In the past fifty years, the community of nations has produced a number of international human rights instruments both at the universal and the regional levels, which are designed to secure the promotion and perfection of human rights and fundamental freedoms. The book contains all important human rights and refugee instruments available at regional and universal levels. At national level, statute of three commissions, namely, national human rights commission, national commission for women and national commission for minorities are included under national section of this book. A fairly comprehensive bibliography on human rights and refugee laws are also part of his book. This book will be extremely helpful to the academicians, students, NGOs and lawyers as well as other institutions dealing with international human rights and refugee laws.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Manoj Kumar Sinha
Manoj Kumar Sinha completed his Ph.D. in International Law from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 1997. In the same year he undertook an internship in research wing of the National Human Rights Commission of India. Subsequently, he was awarded the European Commission Scholarship to pursue an LL.M. in International Human Rights Law from the University of Nottingham. In 1998 he attended the 29th session of the International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France. His writings on international law and human rights have been published in reputed Indian and International Law journals. He was offered prestigious visiting Professorship at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Lund, Sweden, for (2004-2005). Currently, he is working as Assistant Professor (Research) at the Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi.
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