Building a just world order / Alfred de Zayas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Zayas, Alfred M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

United Nations.

United Nations Human Rights Council.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

[Atlanta, Georgia] : Clarity Press, 2021

Summary:

This book, based on the reports by Dr. Alfred de Zayas, the first mandate-holder (2012-2018), offers a brilliant and comprehensive critique of the UN system, addressing the changes that must be made in order to further the emergence of a democratic and equitable international order. De Zayas proposes concrete reforms of the UN system, notably the Security Council. He advocates recognition of peace as a human right, slashing military budgets, and establishing the right of self-determination as a conflict-prevention measure. As it concerns the global economy, he calls for reversing the adverse impacts of World Bank and International Monetary Fund policies, rendering free-trade agreements compatible with human rights, abolishing tax havens and ISDS, alleviating the foreign debt crisis, and criminalizing war-profiteers and pandemic vultures.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Mechanisms for the Democratic Pursuit of Human Rights

2. Principles of International Order

3. Peace as a Human Right

4. Military Expenditures and Human Rights

5. The Right of Self-determination of Peoples

6. The Rule of Law and the Right to Truth: Information as a Key Element of Democracy

7. The Prohibition of Interference in the Internal Affairs of States

8. Business and Human Rights

9. Taxation and Human Rights

10. World Bank Group

11. The Adverse Impact of IMF Policies on Human Rights

12. Mission to Venezuela.

ISBN:

1-949762-43-2