The Un Commission On Human Rights
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Author |
: John P. Pace |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 881 |
Release |
: 2020-07-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780198863151 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0198863152 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Synopsis The United Nations Commission on Human Rights by : John P. Pace
In this book, John P. Pace provides the most complete account to-date of the United Nations human rights programme, both in substance and in chronological breadth. Pace worked at the heart of this programme for over thirty years, including as the Secretary of the Commission on Human Rights, and Coordinator of the World Conference on Human Rights, which took place in Vienna in 1993. He traces the issues taken up by the Commission after its launch in 1946, and the methods undertaken to enhance absorption and domestication of international human rights standards. He lays out the special procedures carried out by the UN, and the emergence of international human rights law. The book then turns to the establishment of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the mainstreaming of human rights across the United Nations system, eventually leading to the establishment of the Human Rights Council to replace the Commission in 2006. Many of the problems we face today, including conflict, poverty, and environmental issues, have their roots in human rights problems. This book identifies what has been done at the international level in the past, and points towards what still needs to be done for the future.
Author |
: Rosa Freedman |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 344 |
Release |
: 2013-03-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781135115142 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1135115141 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis The United Nations Human Rights Council by : Rosa Freedman
The United Nations Human Rights Council was created in 2006 to replace the UN Commission on Human Rights. The Council’s mandate and founding principles demonstrate that one of the main aims, at its creation, was for the Council to overcome the Commission’s flaws. Despite the need to avoid repeating its predecessor's failings, the Council’s form, nature and many of its roles and functions are strikingly similar to those of the Commission. This book examines the creation and formative years of the United Nations Human Rights Council and assesses the extent to which the Council has fulfilled its mandate. International law and theories of international relations are used to examine the Council and its functions. Council sessions, procedures and mechanisms are analysed in-depth, with particular consideration given to whether the Council has become politicised to the same extent as the Commission. Whilst remaining aware of the key differences in their functions, Rosa Freedman compares the work of the Council to that of treaty-based human rights bodies. The author draws on observations from her attendance at Council proceedings in order to offer a unique account of how the body works in practice. The United Nations Human Rights Council will be of great interest to students and scholars of human rights law and international relations, as well as lawyers, NGOs and relevant government agencies.
Author |
: Eric Tistounet |
Publisher |
: Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 259 |
Release |
: 2020-02-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781789907940 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1789907942 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis The UN Human Rights Council by : Eric Tistounet
Since its establishment the work of the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has been subject to many interpretations, theories, comments or conclusions. This comprehensive book dissects every aspect of the UNHRC’s work and analyses the efficiency of, and interactions between, its mechanisms. Authored by the first Secretary of the UNHRC, this book provides unique practitioner insights into the complex decision making processes of the Council alongside the core variations from its predecessor.
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Total Pages |
: 32 |
Release |
: 1978 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:467193920 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Universal Declaration of Human Rights by :
Author |
: Bertrand Ramcharan |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 171 |
Release |
: 2013-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781136657023 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1136657029 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis The UN Human Rights Council by : Bertrand Ramcharan
The Human Rights Council is already the subject of major public interest and controversy. The Council is already being criticized for having dropped some of the protection strategies of the former commission and this book aims to present a balanced view of the council, acknowledging where it has made positive contributions, point out its deficiencies, and identify options for improving the body’s future work.
Author |
: William A. Schabas |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 4171 |
Release |
: 2013-04-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781139619622 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1139619624 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Universal Declaration of Human Rights by : William A. Schabas
A collection of United Nations documents associated with the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, these volumes facilitate research into the scope of, meaning of and intent behind the instrument's provisions. It permits an examination of the various drafts of what became the thirty articles of the Declaration, including one of the earliest documents – a compilation of human rights provisions from national constitutions, organised thematically. The documents are organised chronologically and thorough thematic indexing facilitates research into the origins of specific rights and norms. It is also annotated in order to provide information relating to names, places, events and concepts that might have been familiar in the late 1940s but are today more obscure.
Author |
: Bertrand G. Ramcharan |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 304 |
Release |
: 2015-05-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004289031 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9004289038 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Law, Policy and Politics of the UN Human Rights Council by : Bertrand G. Ramcharan
The UN Human Rights Council is the leading human rights organ of the United Nations and, ten years after it was established, it has attracted commendation as well as severe criticism. Its universal periodic review is widely recognized as a valuable process of international cooperation to advance the universal implementation of human rights. However, it has been criticized for not acting effectively and fairly in dealing with situations of shocking violations of human rights in many parts of the world. It is an international organ with the highest responsibilities to uphold universal values but, at the same time, it is a political organ of United Nations Member States, and it shows the characteristics of both a values-based body and a theatre of political drama. It is the merit of this book to present the Human Rights Council in terms of its mandates, roles and organization while seeking to remind the membership and the international community at large that the Council must be anchored in the modern human rights law of the Charter - of which the author gives a superb presentation. The book then proceeds to make the case that human rights are part of international constitutional law and this is exceedingly important at a time when universal values have come under stress from various quarters including from terrorist formations. The argument of the book is essentially that the modern human rights law of the Charter and the human rights provisions of international constitutional law must take precedence for everyone, everywhere.
Author |
: Gordon Brown |
Publisher |
: Open Book Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 129 |
Release |
: 2016-04-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781783742219 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1783742216 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the 21st Century by : Gordon Brown
The Global Citizenship Commission was convened, under the leadership of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the auspices of NYU’s Global Institute for Advanced Study, to re-examine the spirit and stirring words of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The result – this volume – offers a 21st-century commentary on the original document, furthering the work of human rights and illuminating the ideal of global citizenship. What does it mean for each of us to be members of a global community? Since 1948, the Declaration has stood as a beacon and a standard for a better world. Yet the work of making its ideals real is far from over. Hideous and systemic human rights abuses continue to be perpetrated at an alarming rate around the world. Too many people, particularly those in power, are hostile to human rights or indifferent to their claims. Meanwhile, our global interdependence deepens. Bringing together world leaders and thinkers in the fields of politics, ethics, and philosophy, the Commission set out to develop a common understanding of the meaning of global citizenship – one that arises from basic human rights and empowers every individual in the world. This landmark report affirms the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and seeks to renew the 1948 enterprise, and the very ideal of the human family, for our day and generation.
Author |
: Leena Grover |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 491 |
Release |
: 2012-04-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107006546 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107006546 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies by : Leena Grover
An analysis of the UN human rights treaty bodies, their methods of interpretation, their effectiveness and issues of legitimacy.
Author |
: Oskar Luong |
Publisher |
: GRIN Verlag |
Total Pages |
: 14 |
Release |
: 2018-02-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783668632882 |
ISBN-13 |
: 366863288X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis The United Nations Human Rights Council as the Successor to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights by : Oskar Luong
Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2017 in the subject Law - European and International Law, Intellectual Properties, grade: High distinction (Note 1), University of New South Wales, Sydney (Faculty of Law), course: Human Rights, language: English, abstract: This paper focuses on the work, main functions and accountability of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The author examines historically the failures of the UN Human Rights Council's predecessor, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights by showing the Commission's problematic composition of membership and its reaction to serious human rights violations. The paper illustrates one of the Council's most important functions: The Universal Periodic Review mechanism (UPR). Ultimately, the author comes to the conclusion that the General Assembly of the United Nations made the right decision to replace the UN Commission on Human Rights with the UN Human Rights Council. This paper is a revised version of the original paper that was delivered to the University of New South Wales Sydney in September 2017. The course lecturer in Human Rights required that the original submission to the Faculty of Law should not exceed 800 words. The original article was graded with "High Distinction" (an outstanding performance). The lecturer commented: "This is a very good discussion of the set topic [and] of the failures of the Commission and its replacement by the Council." Besides the legal history, this paper also analyses the Council's work, functions and accountability.