The United Nations and Human Rights: A Guide for a New Era

ISBN-13: 9780415491402 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 204 str.

Julie Mertus

Opis

Providing a framework for understanding contemporary United Nations (UN) human rights machinery, this text examines the historical and philosophical development of the UN human rights system and contemporary UN structures and procedures for addressing human rights issues.

Recenzje

Julie Mertus is a rare academic, one who combines serious scholarship with extensive experience of human rights practice and the ability to communicate her passion for her subject-matter to a wide audience. Her concise and readable work was widely welcomed when it appeared in 2005, and this new edition will not disappoint. She has now provided an incisive and informed response to the Human Rights Council and the Global Compact, as well as bringing the whole text up to date. As Mertus concludes, "the promise of human rights remains unfulfilled"; but she shows how the United Nations is working, against the odds, to turn ideals into practice. Students, activists and scholars will all benefit from this splendid short guide. - Professor Bill Bowring, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK

Spis treści

1. A Guide to the New UN Human Rights Practice  2. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights  3. UN Charter-based Bodies (and other non-treaty bodies)  4. UN Treaty Bodies  5. The Security Council  6. The International Labour Organization and the UN Global Contract  7. Conclusion: Looking Backward, Going Forward

O autorze

Julie Mertus is an Associate Professor and Co-Director of the MA program in Ethics, Peace and Global Affairs at American University, Washington DC, USA. She is author or editor of over two dozen academic articles and six books including Bait and Switch: Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy (Routledge, 2004) which was named "human rights book of the year" by the American Political Science Association Human Rights Section.