Book Reviews Prémont, Daniel (ed.). Droits intangibles et états d'exception. Non-Derogable Rights and States of Emergency. Brussels: Etablissement Emile Bruylant, 1996. Pp. xxvii, 644. 2,550 BEF. This completely bilingual, multi-authored collection is divided into four parts: general themes, international instruments which provide for derogation, those that do not, and collective rights. Unlike other recent contributions to the burgeoning literature on states of emergency, the volume analyses the role of non-derogable rights in each international law context in which the issue arises rather than attempting an overall synthesis. The work is presented as a contribution to the work of the UN Human Rights Sub-Commission Special Rapporteur on states of emergency, but that ends up being little more than a pretext. Some of the contributions are excellent, others are brief and overly descriptive. The authors collectively push for acceptance of an extended range of non-derogable rights. P.A.
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