United Nations Protection Of Humanity And Its Habitat

Author : Bertrand G. Ramcharan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004303140

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United Nations Protection of Humanity and Its Habitat by Bertrand G. Ramcharan Pdf

This book is a study of the future of international law as well as the future of the United Nations. It is the first study ever bringing together the laws, policies and practices of the UN for the protection of the earth, the oceans, outer space, human rights, victims of armed conflicts and of humanitarian emergencies, the poor, the vulnerable and the disadvantaged world-wide. It reviews unprecedented dangers and challenges facing humanity such as climate change and weapons of mass destruction, and argues that the international law of the future must become an international law of security and of protection. It submits that the concept of international security in the UN Charter can no longer be restricted to situations of armed conflict but must be given its natural meaning: whatever threatens the security of humanity. It calls for the Security Council to perform its role as the guardian of the security of humankind and sees a leadership role for the UN Secretary-General in analysing and presenting challenges of international security and protection to the Security Council for its attention.

Author : Brian Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : UOM:39015006472610

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The United Nations System and the Human Environment by Brian Johnson Pdf

Author : United Nations
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210051491

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Achieving our Common Humanity by United Nations Pdf

Achieving our Common Humanity: Celebrating Global Cooperation through the United Nations portrays landmark accomplishments of the United Nations in supporting peace and security, promoting and protecting human rights, fostering economic and social development, and shaping international law. Amply illustrated with photographs, charts, maps and infographics, and featuring a wealth of information on how the United Nations serves the peoples of the world, this book depicts a wide range of challenges that the Organization has met and successful initiatives that it has conceived and spearheaded as a matter of common purpose among nations in favour of collective human progress. Its rich tapestry of stories explores the diverse ways in which the United Nations fights poverty, combats climate change and protects the environment, undertakes to transform conflicts into peace, helps refugees thrive, supports sharing the benefits of technology, works to stop the spread of infectious diseases and reduce the risk of disasters, and helps render justice for all and ensure the rights of women and children. While recounting decisive innovations at the level of global policy and international agreement, Achieving our Common Humanity also provides a view of how such changes have significantly improved the lives of affected individuals around the world. These remarkable stories show how the United Nations, with its ambitious and evolving vision for the shared prosperity of people and planet, is helping create a better world for everyone.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Australia
ISBN : 0195531914

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Our Common Future by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ken Conca
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190232856

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An Unfinished Foundation by Ken Conca Pdf

This volume examines the origins, effectiveness, and limitations of the United Nations system's approach to global environmental governance. It traces the history of the UN's approach, maps its increasingly apparent limits, and suggests needed reforms to use conflict sensitivity, peacebuilding, accountability mechanisms, and rights-based approaches as tools in the UN's environmental work.

Author : Bertrand G. Ramcharan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004695658

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New Dimensions in the International Protection of Human Rights and the Need for a New Human Rights Diplomacy by Bertrand G. Ramcharan Pdf

The twenty-first century is seeing a battle of ideas between different conceptions of governance: people-centred and party-centred. At the same time, scientific and technological developments are posing new challenges for human rights. This book identifies new dimensions in the international protection of human rights and makes the case for a new human rights diplomacy focusing on enlarging the area of common ground among governments and enhancing national human rights protection systems.

Author : United Nations
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789213583562

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Achieving our Common Humanity by United Nations Pdf

Achieving our Common Humanity: Celebrating Global Cooperation through the United Nations portrays landmark accomplishments of the United Nations in supporting peace and security, promoting and protecting human rights, fostering economic and social development, and shaping international law. Amply illustrated with photographs, charts, maps and infographics, and featuring a wealth of information on how the United Nations serves the peoples of the world, this book depicts a wide range of challenges that the Organization has met and successful initiatives that it has conceived and spearheaded as a matter of common purpose among nations in favour of collective human progress. Its rich tapestry of stories explores the diverse ways in which the United Nations fights poverty, combats climate change and protects the environment, undertakes to transform conflicts into peace, helps refugees thrive, supports sharing the benefits of technology, works to stop the spread of infectious diseases and reduce the risk of disasters, and helps render justice for all and ensure the rights of women and children. While recounting decisive innovations at the level of global policy and international agreement, Achieving our Common Humanity also provides a view of how such changes have significantly improved the lives of affected individuals around the world. These remarkable stories show how the United Nations, with its ambitious and evolving vision for the shared prosperity of people and planet, is helping create a better world for everyone.

Author : United States. Environmental Protection Agency
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Environmental protection
ISBN : IND:30000092221229

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1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment by United States. Environmental Protection Agency Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Foreign Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045301616

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International Cooperation in the Human Environment Through the United Nations by United States. Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Pdf

Author : Bertrand G. Ramcharan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004387348

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Modernizing the UN Human Rights System by Bertrand G. Ramcharan Pdf

The universal protection of human rights remains the core challenge of the United Nations if it is to achieve its mission of a world of peace, development and justice. Yet, at a time of seismic changes in the world, when shocking violations of human rights are taking place world-wide, the UN human rights system is in need of urgent modernization. This book, written by a foremost scholar-practitioner who previously exercised the functions of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, advances a series of ideas to modernize the UN protection system. Among a dozen key proposals are that the UN human rights system should help alleviate the plight of the poorest, pay greater attention to the national protection system of each country, and establish a World Court on Human Rights that can deal with countries which grievously violate human rights. Unlike other texts that have focused on those topics, this book not only provides comprehensive analysis but, crucially, offers practical and workable solutions based on the author's significant expertise and experience. Scholars, practitioners, and students of international human rights will benefit immensely from its analysis, insights, perspectives, and proposals. It is a salutary contribution on the 75th anniversary of the UN (2020).

Author : UN Environment
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781108707664

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Global Environment Outlook - GEO-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People by UN Environment Pdf

Published to coincide with the Fourth United Nations Environmental Assembly, UN Environment's sixth Global Environment Outlook calls on decision makers to take bold and urgent action to address pressing environmental issues in order to protect the planet and human health. By bringing together hundreds of scientists, peer reviewers and collaborating institutions and partners, the GEO reports build on sound scientific knowledge to provide governments, local authorities, businesses and individual citizens with the information needed to guide societies to a truly sustainable world by 2050. GEO-6 outlines the current state of the environment, illustrates possible future environmental trends and analyses the effectiveness of policies. This flagship report shows how governments can put us on the path to a truly sustainable future - emphasising that urgent and inclusive action is needed to achieve a healthy planet with healthy people. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Author : Jacques Fomerand
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 973 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781538123065

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Historical Dictionary of Human Rights by Jacques Fomerand Pdf

The second edition of Historical Dictionary of Human Rights explores both the theory and the practice of international human rights with a focus on the norms and institutions that make up the “architecture” of the global human rights regime and the tools, processes and procedures through which such norms are realized and “enforced.” Particular attention is given to the contextual political and sociological factors that shape and constrain the operation and functioning of international human rights institutions and their state and non-state actors. This is done through a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 1.000 cross-referenced entries on terminology, conventions, treaties, intergovernmental organizations in the United Nations, and non-governmental organizations, as well as some of the pioneers and defenders. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about human rights.

Author : Günter Hoog,Angela Steinmetz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783110874815

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International Conventions on Protection of Humanity and Environment by Günter Hoog,Angela Steinmetz Pdf

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Author : Rosa Freedman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,7 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 : John E. Trent,Laura Schnurr
Publisher : Verlag Barbara Budrich
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783847412168

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A United Nations Renaissance by John E. Trent,Laura Schnurr Pdf

This short introduction to the United Nations analyzes the organization as itis today, and how it can be transformed to respond to its critics. Combiningessential information about its history and workings with practical proposalsof how it can be strengthened, Trent and Schnurr examine what needs to bedone, and also how we can actually move toward the required reforms. Thisbook is written for a new generation of change-makers — a generation seekingbetter institutions that reflect the realities of the 21st century and that can actcollectively in the interest of all.