This newly revised, greatly expanded, and updated edition is the essential tool for navigating the language of international human rights related to law, jurisprudence, politics, diplomacy, and philosophy. Broadening the scope and enhancing our understanding of international human rights, the second edition of A Handbook of International Human Rights Terminology contains over four hundred new commonly used key terms and acronyms as well as corrections to terms that have taken on new meaning since the publication of the original. It also includes new treaty instruments and citations of important human rights instruments. Designed to be accessible to persons from different systems and regions of the world, this handbook fills an important void in the burgeoning discourse of international human rights and will become a vital reference work for specialists, students, and newcomers to this field.

H. Victor Condé teaches international human rights law at Trinity International University in California and at the International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France.

“A timely and practical contribution to teachers and students of international human rights.”—The Law and Politics Review.

“Compact and comprehensive . . . Condé’s work strikes an excellent balance between breadth of coverage and depth of definition.”—Choice.

“A very helpful tool for better understanding of our international scene.”—International Journal on World Peace.

"The most comprehensive, accessible dictionary of human rights terms to date. . . . What makes this handbook a significant contribution to the growing number of dictionaries and reference books on human rights and public international law is its accessibility to those who study and work in human rights outside of the academy and the international legal profession. The Handbook is accessible in its tone because a number of important concepts are defined with examples and are linked to related entries elsewhere in the book."--Mark Massoud, International Journal on World Peace.

“The Handbook is a helpful, wide ranging aide to the study and understanding of human rights. It is designed for those just beginning their studies in human rights, especially to help them understand the sometimes complex language of human rights discourse…. The wide selection of terms being defined should answer the needs of most students--and many practitioners.”--David E. Guinn, Human Rights and Human Welfare