The Protection Role And Jurisprudence Of The United Nations Human Rights Council

Author : Bertrand G. Ramcharan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Human rights
ISBN : 9004504958

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The Protection Role and Jurisprudence of the United Nations Human Rights Council by Bertrand G. Ramcharan Pdf

This book places under scrutiny for the first time, whether, and how, the United Nations Human Rights Council actually contributes to the protection of human rights in the face of pervasive gross violations world-wide. It finds that the Council does little of preventive protection, some mitigatory protection, and little remedial or compensatory protection. The Council's response to situations of gross violations depends on the political alignments within its membership for each situation. The Council gives priority to cooperation and dialogue over principled denunciations of gross violations. It is not an organ of justice, but in some instances it is an organ for justice, inasmuch as it addresses the structural causes of violations. Much useful fact-finding takes place under the auspices of the Council, and it does contribute to the progressive development of international law.

Author : Bertrand G. Ramcharan
Publisher : Nijhoff Law Specials
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Law
ISBN : 900450494X

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The Protection Role and Jurisprudence of the United Nations Human Rights Council by Bertrand G. Ramcharan Pdf

This book places under scrutiny for the first time, whether, and how, the United Nations Human Rights Council actually contributes to the protection of human rights in the face of pervasive gross violations world-wide. It finds that the Council does little of preventive protection, some mitigatory protection, and little remedial or compensatory protection. The Council's response to situations of gross violations depends on the political alignments within its membership for each situation. The Council gives priority to cooperation and dialogue over principled denunciations of gross violations. It is not an organ of justice, but in some instances it is an organ for justice, inasmuch as it addresses the structural causes of violations. Much useful fact-finding takes place under the auspices of the Council, and it does contribute to the progressive development of international law.

Author : Bertrand G. Ramcharan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136657023

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The UN Human Rights Council by Bertrand G. Ramcharan Pdf

The UN Human Rights Council provides a detailed insight into this important organization. The UN was founded in the hope that lasting peace would be built on the foundations of human rights and economic and social progress. In 2006 the Commission on Human Rights was replaced by the Human Rights Council as the principal UN body concerned with human rights. It is even possible that the council might eventually become a principal organ of the world organization. The Human Rights Council is already the subject of major public interest and controversy. The Council has been 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, outlining its current role, acknowledging where it has made positive contributions, highlighting the deficiencies, and identifying options for improving the body’s future work. This book is destined to become the leading text on the Human Rights Council and will be essential reading for all those concerned with the future of international relations international organizations and human rights.

Author : Surya P. Subedi, OBE, QC (Hon)
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351778954

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The Effectiveness of the UN Human Rights System by Surya P. Subedi, OBE, QC (Hon) Pdf

The UN human rights agenda has reached the mature age of 70 years and many UN mechanisms created to implement this agenda are themselves in their middle-age, yet human rights violations are still a daily occurrence around the globe. The scorecard of the UN human rights mechanisms appears impressive in terms of the promotion, spreading of education and engaging States in a dialogue to promote human rights, but when it comes to holding governments to account for violations of these rights, the picture is much more dismal. This book examines the effectiveness of UN mechanisms and suggests measures to reform them in order to create a system that is robust and fit to serve the 21st century. This book casts a critical eye on the rationale and effectiveness of each of the major UN human rights mechanisms, including the Human Rights Council, the human rights treaty bodies, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Special Rapporteurs and other Charter-based bodies. Surya P. Subedi argues most of the UN human rights mechanisms have remained toothless entities and proposes measures to reform and strengthen it by depoliticising the workings of UN human rights mechanisms and judicialising human rights at the international level.

Author : Rosa Freedman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780190222543

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Failing to Protect by Rosa Freedman Pdf

Every year tens of millions of individuals suffer grave abuses of their human rights. These violations occur worldwide, in war-torn countries and in the wealthiest states. Despite many of the abuses being well-documented, little seems to be done to stop them from happening. The United Nations was established to safeguard world peace and security, development, and human rights yet it is undeniable that currently is it failing to protect the rights of a great many people from the victims of ethnic cleansing, to migrants, those displaced by war and women who suffer horrendous abuse. This book looks at the reasons for that failure. Using concrete examples intertwined with explanations of the law and politics of the UN, Rosa Freedman offers clear explanations of how and why the Organisation is unable, at best, or unwilling, at worst, to protect human rights. Written for a non-specialist audience, her book also seeks to explain why certain countries and political blocs manipulate and undermine the UN s human rights machinery. Failing to Protect demonstrates the urgent need for radical reform of the machinery of human rights protection at the international level.

Author : Frédéric Mégret,Philip Alston
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 783 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191653315

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The United Nations and Human Rights by Frédéric Mégret,Philip Alston Pdf

The very concept of human rights implies governmental accountability. To ensure that governments are indeed held accountable for their treatment of citizens and others the United Nations has established a wide range of mechanisms to monitor compliance, and to seek to prevent as well as respond to violations. The panoply of implementation measures that the UN has taken since 1945 has resulted in a diverse and complex set of institutional arrangements, the effectiveness of which varies widely. Indeed, there is much doubt as to the effectiveness of much of the UN's human rights efforts but also about what direction it should take. Inevitable instances of politicization and the hostile, or at best ambivalent, attitude of most governments, has at times endangered the fragile progress made on the more technical fronts. At the same time, technical efforts cannot dispense with the complex politics of actualizing the promise of human rights at and through the UN. In addition to significant actual and potential problems of duplication, overlapping and inconsistent approaches, there are major problems of under-funding and insufficient expertise. The complexity of these arrangements and the difficulty in evaluating their impact makes a comprehensive guide of the type provided here all the more indispensable. These essays critically examine the functions, procedures, and performance of each of the major UN organs dealing with human rights, including the Security Council and the International Court of Justice as well as the more specialized bodies monitoring the implementation of human rights treaties. Significant attention is devoted to the considerable efforts at reforming the UN's human rights machinery, as illustrated most notably by the creation of the Human Rights Council to replace the Commission on Human Rights. The book also looks at the relationship between the various bodies and the potential for major reforms and restructuring.

Author : United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,International Bar Association
Publisher : New York and Geneva : United Nations
Page : 885 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9211541417

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Human Rights In The Administration Of Justice by United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,International Bar Association Pdf

Independent legal professionals play a key role in the administration of justice and the protection of human rights. Judges, prosecutors and lawyers need access to information on human rights standards laid down in the main international legal instruments and to related jurisprudence developed by universal and regional monitoring bodies. This publication, which includes a manual and a facilitator's guide, seeks to provide a comprehensive core curriculum on international human rights standards for legal professionals. It includes a CD-ROM containing the full electronic text of the manual in pdf format.

Author : Eric Tistounet
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781789907940

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The UN Human Rights Council by Eric Tistounet Pdf

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.

Author : United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9211542014

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Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights by United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Pdf

"This publication contains the 'Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations Protect, Respect and Remedy Framework', which were developed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises. The Special Representative annexed the Guiding Principles to his final report to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/17/31), which also includes an introduction to the Guiding Principles and an overview of the process that led to their development. The Human Rights Council endorsed the Guiding Principles in its resolution 17/4 of 16 June 2011."--P. iv.

Author : B. G. Ramcharan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004171473

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The Protection Roles of UN Human Rights Special Procedures by B. G. Ramcharan Pdf

As the system of human rights special procedures goes forward to deal with the continuing and new challenges of human rights protection it is of great value to record and recall the considerable body of practice and precedents they have developed for the protection of human rights since the first special procedure was established in the mid 1960s. That is the particular merit of this path-breaking book. The author, who was one of the pioneers in the establishment and operation of the system of special procedures, tells in this book the story of the establishment, history, operations, successes and challenges of the special procedures through the lens of efforts for international protection. In the introduction he summarises their protection roles, which he sets out further in the substantive chapters. In the conclusion he provides an assessment of their protection roles. He notes that while they contribute greatly, the challenges of international protection are still many, and the author invites the international community to a higher level of protection.

Author : Jack Donnelly,Daniel J. Whelan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780429561047

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International Human Rights by Jack Donnelly,Daniel J. Whelan Pdf

Fully updated, the sixth edition of International Human Rights examines the ways in which states and other international actors have addressed human rights since the end of World War II. This unique textbook features substantial attention to theory, history, international and regional institutions, and the role of transnational actors in the protection and promotion of human rights. Its purpose is to explore the difficult and contentious politics of human rights, and how those political dimensions have been addressed at the national, regional, and especially international levels. Key features include: substantially revised throughout, including new material on LGBTQ rights in Africa, Indigenous peoples’ rights in Guatemala, the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, and a new chapter on human rights and development; in-text features such as discussion questions, suggested readings, case studies, and "problems" to promote classroom discussion and in-depth examination of topics; concise yet clearly organised and comprehensive coverage of the topic. International Human Rights is essential reading for courses and modules in human rights, politics and international relations, law, criminal justice, sociology, social work, public administration, and international development.

Author : Jack Donnelly,Daniel Whelan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429853005

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International Human Rights by Jack Donnelly,Daniel Whelan Pdf

International Human Rights examines the ways in which states and other international actors have addressed human rights since the end of World War II. This unique textbook features substantial attention to theory, history, international and regional institutions, and the role of transnational actors in the protection and promotion of human rights. Its purpose is to explore the difficult and contentious politics of human rights, and how those political dimensions have been addressed at the national, regional, and especially international levels. The fifth edition is substantially revised throughout, including updates on multilateral institutions, particularly the UN's Universal Periodic Review process; regional systems; human rights in foreign policy (including a chapter on U.S. policy); humanitarian intervention; globalization; and (anti)terrorism and human rights. The book also includes a new chapter on the unity of human rights, and new case studies exploring the UN Human Rights Council’s Special Procedures mechanisms, Myanmar, and Israeli settlements in West-Bank Palestine. Chapters include discussion questions, case studies for in-depth examination of topics, and ten "problems" tailored to promote classroom discussion on topics such as the war in Syria, hierarchies between human rights, and much more.

Author : Rosa Freedman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781135115142

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The United Nations Human Rights Council by Rosa Freedman Pdf

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 : United Nations. Human Rights Committee,United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Publisher : United Nations Publications
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015062425874

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Selected Decisions of the Human Rights Committee Under the Optional Protocol by United Nations. Human Rights Committee,United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Pdf

In accordance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its optional protocol, adopted by the UN General Assembly, the Human Rights Committee was established in 1976. Its role is to consider applications from individuals who believe that their human rights, as established under the Covenant, have been violated and who have exhausted all relevant national domestic remedies, providing certain conditions of admissibility are met. This report contains selected decisions made by the Committee during its 47th to 55th sessions.

Author : United Nations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : OCLC:474684370

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Digest of Jurisprudence of the United Nations and Regional Organizations on the Protection of Human Rights While Countering Terrorism by United Nations Pdf