Human Rights and the End of Empire: Britain and the Genesis of the European Convention

Description

The European Convention on Human Rights of 1950 established the most effective international system of human rights protection ever created. This is the first book that gives a comprehensive account of how it came into existence, of the part played in its genesis by the British government, and of its significance for Britain in the period between 1953 and 1966.

• Author: Alfred William Brian Simpson
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Published: 2004
• Pages: 1188
• ISBN-13: 9780199267897