Now in its third edition, this book is the authoritative text on one of the world's most important human rights treaties, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Covenant is of universal relevance. Adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1966 and in force from 1976, it commits th[...]
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is often accused of, at best, not paying enough attention to human rights or, at worst, facilitating and perpetuating human rights abuses. This book weighs these criticisms and examines their validity, incorporating legal arguments as well as some economic and poli[...]
Just like hospitals use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to examine patients' bodies with millimeter resolution, scientists want to examine materials non-destructively and non-invasively on the microscopic scale. Spatial resolution down to the micrometer range has been achieved and great effor[...]