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Human rights and the United Nations : paradox and promise / edited by Abigail B. Bakan and Yasmeen Abu-Laban.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge explorations in development studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United Nations.
- Human rights--International cooperation--Case studies.
- Human rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 222 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Thinking about the paradox and promise of human rights and the United Nations / Abigail B. Bakan and Yasmeen Abu-Laban
- Knowledge production : gender, race, indigenous peoples and politics and the UN / Abigail B. Bakan and Yasmeen Abu-Laban
- Towards reproductive justice in the global gender equality agenda : the UN and Canadas's compliance and non-compliance with Beijing and beyond / Nariya Khasanova
- Human rights for human remains : how international frameworks facilitate transnational knowledge production / Nicole Anderson
- Statelessness as a window on the paradox of the United Nations / Yasmeen Abu-Laban and Abigail B. Bakan
- The paradox of visibility and the ILO's decent work for domestic workers convention / Annie Chau
- The paradox of indigenous peoples' participation at the UN : the dance of meaningful change against state sovereignty and territorial integrity / Sheryl Lightfoot and Utkarsh Khare
- The UN's contradictory impact and failure to protect women in humanitarian settings : racist frames in post-earthquake Haiti / Célia Romulus
- Mandating global health to foster health security : spotlighting the Africa Health Strategy (2007-30) and the United Nations / Christopher Isike
- Will a human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment address the wrongs of environmental degradation? / Karen Morrow
- The UN human rights paradox during the interregnum : Yemen and Myanmar as case studies / W. Andy Knight
- Afterword: Naming and framing paradox / Yasmeen Abu-Laban and Abigail B. Bakan.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 19, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Human rights and the United Nations
- ISBN:
- 9781003404453
- 1003404456
- 9781040325964
- 1040325963
- Publisher Number:
- 40032683337
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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