A Voice for Human Rights / Mary Robinson; Kevin Boyle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Mary, 1944- author.

Contributor:

Annan, Kofi.

Arbour, Louise.

Boyle, Kevin, editor.

Series:

Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (450 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2010]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Few names are so closely connected with the cause of human rights as that of Mary Robinson. As former President of Ireland, she was ideally positioned for passionately and eloquently arguing the case for human rights around the world. Over five tumultuous years that included the tragic events of 9/11, she offered moral leadership and vision to the global human rights movement. This volume is a unique account in Robinson's own words of her campaigns as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.A Voice for Human Rights offers an edited collection of Robinson's public addresses, given between 1997 and 2002, when she served as High Commissioner. The book also provides the first in-depth account of the work of the Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights. With a foreword by Kofi Annan and an afterword by Louise Arbour, the current High Commissioner for Human Rights, the book will be of interest to all concerned with international human rights, international relations, development, and politics.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword / Annan, Kofi

Introduction / Boyle, Kevin

I. A Vision for Human Rights

1. A Personal Vision

II. Fighting for Equality and Nondiscrimination

2. The Struggle against Racism

3. Women's Rights Are Human Rights

4. Eliminating Religious Discrimination and Intolerance

5. Combating Other Discrimination and Exclusion

III. Dimensions of the Mandate of High Commissioner

6. Human Rights Defenders

7. Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

8. The Right to Development

9. Human Rights Education

10. Children's Rights

11. Minorities and Indigenous Peoples

12. Human Rights after Conflict

13. Business and Human Rights

IV. Building Human Rights Protection

14. The High Commissioner and the United Nations Human Rights System

15. Supporting United Nations Human Rights Bodies

16. Working with Countries and Regions

17. Strengthening National Human Rights Protection

V. Continuing Challenges

18. Mainstreaming Human Rights

19. Terrorism, Peace, and Human Security

20. Ethical Globalization

Farewell Speech to Staff of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Afterword / Arbour, Louise

Appendix 1. Key International Legal Instruments

Appendix 2. High Commissioner for the Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights

Notes

Index

Editorial Acknowledgments / Boyle, Kevin

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9786613212047

9781283212045

1283212048

9780812203332

081220333X

OCLC:

759158236