The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Commentary and Guide to Practice
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Commentary and Guide to Practice by Jared Genser, published by Cambridge University Press on September 26, 2019, spans 656 pages and is presented in English. This book offers a comprehensive review of the contributions made by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, an institution that examines individual complaints regarding arbitrary detention and assesses their compatibility with international law obligations. It details the Working Group’s extensive history, including over 1,200 case opinions and more than fifty country missions since its inception in 1991.
Readers will find that the book not only serves as a jurisprudential review but also contextualizes various issues surrounding arbitrary detention within the framework of multilateral treaties and international standards. It includes five case studies and is designed for both practitioners and serious scholars interested in law, civil rights, and human rights. The treatise-style presentation aims to deepen the understanding of arbitrary detention and its implications in international relations and political science.
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The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention is the first comprehensive review of the contributions of this important institution to understanding arbitrary detention today. The Working Group is a body of five independent human rights experts that considers individual complaints of arbitrary detention, adopting legal opinions as to whether a detention is compatible with states’ obligations under international law. Since its establishment in 1991, it has adopted more than 1,200 case opinions and conducted more than fifty country missions. But much more than a jurisprudential review, these cases are presented in the book in the style of a treatise, where the widest array of issues on arbitrary detention are placed in the context of the requirements of multilateral treaties and other relevant international standards. Written for both practitioners and serious scholars alike, this book includes five case studies and a foreword by Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu.
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