The United Nations Security Council in the age of human rights / edited by Jared Genser, Bruno Stagno Ugarte.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Genser, Jared, editor.

Stagno Ugarte, Bruno, 1970- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations. Security Council.

United Nations.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 519 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

This is the first comprehensive look at the human rights dimensions of the work of the only body within the United Nations system capable of compelling action by its member states. Known popularly for its failure to prevent mass atrocities in Rwanda, the former Yugoslavia, and Syria, the breadth and depth of the Security Council's work on human rights in recent decades is much broader. This book examines questions including: how is the Security Council dealing with human rights concerns? What does it see as the place of human rights in conflict prevention, peacemaking and peacekeeping? And how does it address the quest for justice in the face of gross violations of human rights? Written by leading practitioners, scholars and experts, this book provides a broad perspective that describes, explains and evaluates the contribution of the Security Council to the promotion of human rights and how it might more effectively achieve its goals.

Contents:

Part I. The Security Council and human rights

Evolution of the Security Council's engagement on human rights / Bruno Stagno Ugarte and Jared Genser Part II. Thematic work of the Security Council

Civilians and armed conflict / Rosa Brooks

Women, peace, and security / Janet Benshoof

Children and armed conflict / Shamala Kandiah Thompson

Part III. Securing, maintaining, and building peace

UN peacekeeping and human rights / Mari Katayanagi

Coordination with other UN organs / Bertrand G. Ramcharan

Part IV. Law and justice

Accountability for international crimes : special tribunals and referrals to the International Criminal Court / William A. Schabas

Targeted sanctions and due process of law / Jared Genser and Kate Barth

Enhancing rule of law / Axel Marschik

Part V. Case studies

Rwanda / Roméo A. Dallaire and Krystel Carrier

Bosnia-Herzegovina / Geoffrey Nice and Nena Tromp

Timor-Leste / José Ramos-Horta and Benedict Rogers

Sudan (Darfur) / Bruno Stagno Ugarte

Democratic Republic of the Congo / Anthony W. Gambino

Kosovo / Søren Jessen-Petersen

Libya / Philippe Kirsch and Mohamed S. Helal

Syria / Richard Gowan and Paul Sérgio Pinheiro

Part VI: Conclusion.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781139626972

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Restricted for use by site license.