CHAPTER I. REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
1.1 THE EVOLUTION OF INTERNATIONAL CONCERN WITH HUMAN RIGHTS
1.2 EUROPEAN REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
1.3 THE AMERICAS
1.4 AFRICA
1.5 THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION
CHAPTER II. REGIONAL INSTRUMENTS AND DOMESTIC LEGAL SYSTEMS
2.1 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC LAW IN THEORY
2.2 NATIONAL CONSTITUTIONS AND LAWS
2.3 SELF-EXECUTING AND NON-SELF-EXECUTING TREATIES
2.4 RESERVATIONS OF FEDERAL STATES
CHAPTER III. THE REGIONA INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR POWERS
3.1 INTRODUCTION
3.2 PROCEDURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL EVOLUTION
3.3 THE PERSONNEL
3.4 THE FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES
3.5 PERIODIC STATE REPORTING
3.6 ON-SITE VISITS
3.7 THEMATIC STUDIES
3.8 INDIVIDUAL AND INTERSTATE COMPLAINTS
3.9 ADVISORY JURISDICTION
3.10 COMPTIANCE MONITORING
CHAPTER IV. COMPLAINT PROCEDURES
4.1 OVERVIEW
4.2 JURISDICTION
4.3 PROTECTIVE MEASURES
4.4 ADMISSIBILITY OF COMPLAINTS
4.5 POSTADMISSIBILITY PORCEDURES
4.6 REMEDIES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
CHAPTER V. APPLYING REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS
5.1 HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY INTERPRETATION
5.2 SUBSIDIARITY, DEFERENCE, AND PLURALISM
5.3 RELATIONSHIPS AMONG REGIONAL AND UNIVERSAL NORMS
5.4 STATE OBLIGATIONS
5.5 LIMITONS AND CLAWBACK CLAUSES
5.6 STATE OBLIGATIONS DURING PERIODS OF EMERGENCY
CHAPTER VI. JURISPRUDENCE ON SELECTED RIGHTS
6.1 THE RIGHT TO LIFE AND THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY
6.2 THE RIGHT TO PHYSICAL AND PERSONAL INTEGRITY
6.3 DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND THE RIGHT TO POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
6.4 ECONOMIC SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
6.5 COLLECTIVE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS AND TRIBAL PEOPLES
6.6 FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
CHAPTER VII. RESPONDING TO WIDESPREAD VIOLATIONS
7.1 MODIFYING PROCEDURAL RULES
7.2 INTERSTATE CASES
7.3 COUNTRY REPORTS
7.4 CONDEMNATORY RESOLUTIONS
7.5 AMNESTIES AND LUSTRATION
7.6 REPARATIONS
CHAPTER VIII. TOWARD THEFUTURE
8.1 STRENGTHENING THE EXISTING SYSTEMS
8.2 DRAFTING NEW INSTRUMENTE
8.3 NEW REGIONAL SYSTEEM?

What role do human rights play in the development of regional organizations? What human rights obligations do states assume upon joining regional bodies? Regional Protection of Human Rights, Second Edition is the first text of its kind devoted to the European, Inter-American and African systems for the protection of human rights. It illustrates how international human rights law is interpreted and implemented across international organizations and offers examples of political, economic, social problems and legal issues to emphasize the significant impact of international human rights law institutions on the constitutions, law, policies, and societies of different regions.