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Guide to the “Travaux Préparatoires” of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. By Marc J. Bossuyt. Dordrecht, Boston, Lancaster: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1987. Pp. xxvi, 851. Dfl.475; $210;£ 167.50. - Collected Edition of the “Travaux Preparatoires” of the European Convention on Human Rights. Vols. VI, VII and VIII. Council of Europe. Dordrecht, Boston, Lancaster: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1985. Vol. VI: pp. xix, 298. $66.50. Vol. VII: pp. xxxi, 354. $75. Vol. VIII: pp. xix, 226. $60. Index in each vol.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Hurst Hannum
Hurst Hannum*
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Of the District of Columbia Bar
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 82 , Issue 3 , July 1988 , pp. 680 - 682
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1988

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1 79 AJIL 1108 (1985).

2 While President Carter signed the Covenant and submitted it to the Senate for its advice and consent in 1978, the Reagan administration has regrettably refused to encourage its ratification pending a purported “review,” which has now taken 7 years and has, in fact, been moribund for some time. Cf. U.S. Ratification of the Human Rights Treaties: With or Without Reservation? (R. Lillich ed. 1981).

3 For example, materials on Article 1 are organized under the headings of general debate, political principle or legal right, Charter provisions, all peoples and all nations, meaning of self-determination, permanent sovereignty over natural wealth and resources, obligations of all states and the problem of minorities.