International action against racial discrimination
By: Michael Banton.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
Subjects: United Nations. General Assembly. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; Race discrimination; Race discrimination -- Law and legislation; Human rights
Description: This is the first book to provide an inside account of how a United Nations human rights treaty body actually works. At the same time it is an introduction to the international law of racial discrimination. The book focuses on the practical operation and implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, emphasising throughout the relationship between the law and politics.

The book takes account of current issues in international race relations - from the process of dismantling apartheid in South Africa, to recent horrors and genocide in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. Michael Banton's latest work will be crucial reading for anyone interested in eliminating racial discrimination on an international level.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [346]-350) and indexes.