Sarah Joseph and Melissa Castan, The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Cases, Materials and Commentary, Chinese Edition, Translated by Sun Shiyan, Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2023. 

This book is the Chinese translation of the third edition of The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Cases, Materials and Commentary, authored by Sarah Joseph and Melissa Castan. Published by Oxford University Press in 2013. It is one of the most authoritative works on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The main value of this book lies in the article-by-article commentary on the provisions of the Convention based on first-hand practical data and the academic understanding of the contents of the Convention based on these commentaries. As such, it is an essential tool for understanding and studying the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and has important reference value for state legislative, judicial and administrative organs, as well as scholars, students and practitioners in the field of international human rights law and human rights work. 

This book is the second one in the book series Translation of Commentaries on International Human Rights Conventions, sponsored by the Institute of International Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, which also includes Commentary on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (already published), Commentary on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Commentary on the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Commentary on the Convention against Torture.