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This chapter provides a general introduction to the idea of human rights as it is embodied in a variety of different legal regimes at the international, regional and national levels. It also comments on the interdisciplinary aspects of human rights and situates it in its historical context.
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- Human Rights
- International Covenant On Civil And Political Rights (ICCPR)
- Freedom Rights
- International Covenant On Economic, Social And Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
- Universal Declaration Of Human Rights (UDHR)
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Arosemena, G. (2017). Human Rights. In: Hage, J., Waltermann, A., Akkermans, B. (eds) Introduction to Law. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57252-9_13
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