The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights : conscience for the world / edited by Felice D. Gaer, Christen L. Broecker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights.

Broecker, Christen.

Gaer, Felice D.

Series:

Nottingham studies on human rights ; v. 3.

Nottingham studies on human rights, 2211-7342 ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights advocacy--Congresses.

Human rights advocacy.

Human rights monitoring--Congresses.

Human rights monitoring.

International agencies--Congresses.

International agencies.

United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights--Congresses.

United Nations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (420 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this first systematic examination of the role of the top United Nations human rights official, editors Felice Gaer and Christen Broecker analyze the achievements, leadership styles of, and obstacles encountered by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and propose recommendations for the future. The editors are joined by 18 expert contributors including present and former UN policymakers, human rights practitioners, legal scholars, and current High Commissioner Navi Pillay. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Conscience for the World examines how the six individuals who have served in this post have worked to end atrocities, hold perpetrators of abuses to account, promote equality and justice, and provide protection and redress to victims.

Contents:

Rights inflation and role conflict in the office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights / Michael Ignatieff

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : from the personal to the institutional / Harold Hongju Koh

Address by the High-Commissioner at the Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights / Navi Pillay

A conversation with the High Commissioner / [Navi Pillay and Felice D. Gaer]

Future preventive strategies of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights / Bertrand G. Ramcharan

The High Commissioner and the treaty bodies / Michael O'Flaherty

The High Commissioners' promotion of universality of human rights / Sunila Abeysekera

The High Commissioners and the special procedures : colleagues and competitors / Felice D. Gaer

Protection through presence : the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the field / Christen L. Broecker

Enhancing UN human rights work on the ground / William G. O'Neill

The High Commissioner and national human rights institutions / Tseliso Thipanyane

The High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Human Rights Council / Suzanne Nossel and Christen L. Broecker

Human rights prosecutors? : the High Commissioner for Human Rights, international justice, and the example of Syria / David Kaye

The High Commissioner, OHCHR, and China 1998-2005: challenges and achievements / Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt

The High Commissioner for Human Rights and North Korea / Roberta Cohen

The role of the High Commissioner in protecting and promoting human rights in Afghanistan and Sudan / Sima Samar

The High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation / Karinna Moskalenko, Maria Goldman, and Catherine A. Fitzpatrick

The High Commissioner for Human Rights and Burma (Myanmar) / Jared Genser

The impact of the High Commissioner for Human Rights protection in Colombia / Victor Rodriguez-Rescia.

Notes:

"This endeavor began with a conference entitled: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: -- Conscience for the World, which was convened on February 7-8, 2012."-- Acknowledgments.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-392) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-25425-0

OCLC:

862611054

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004254251 DOI