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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]

Human Rights

Thomas Buergenthal†

Content type:
Encyclopedia entries
Product:
Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law [MPIL]

Module:
Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]
Article last updated:
March 2007

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 22 January 2025

Subject(s):
Minorities — Right to education — Human rights remedies — International labour law — Customary international law

Published under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law under the direction of Professor Anne Peters (2021–) and Professor Rüdiger Wolfrum (2004–2020). 

1 For the purpose of this entry, human rights are defined as the rights of individuals (Individuals in International Law) and groups (see Group Rights) that are recognized as such in international treaties and declarations as well by customary international law. They include civil and political rights (see Elections, Right to Participate in, International Protection; Assembly, Freedom of, International Protection; Association, Freedom of, International Protection; Opinion and Expression, Freedom of, International Protection); economic (see Work, Right to,...
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