The protection roles of UN human rights special procedures / by Bertrand G. Ramcharan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramcharan, B. G.

Series:

Nijhoff law specials ; 74.

Nijhoff law specials, 0924-4549 ; v. 74

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights monitoring.

Human rights--International cooperation.

Human rights.

United Nations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 1960's. 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 summarizes 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.

Contents:

Contemporary challenges of international protection

Origins, essence and foundations of special procedures

The protection roles of country mandates

The protection roles of thematic mandates

State, individual, corporate, and international responsibility

Prevention, urgent action and appeals

Containment and mitigation : the transmittal of complaints to government and visits on the spot

Fact-finding, recommendations, and follow up

Remedies

Advocacy for protection.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-204) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-40039-8

9786612400391

90-474-2479-4

OCLC:

567549194