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1 online resource |
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Nottingham Studies on Human Rights |
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Nottingham studies on human rights.
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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 |
Summary |
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Conscience for the World examines the strategies pursued and results achieved by the UN's top human rights officials to end atrocities and promote justice, equality, and protection worldwide |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights -- Congresses
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SUBJECT |
United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights fast |
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Vereinte Nationen Hochkommissar für Menschenrechte gnd |
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Human rights advocacy -- Congresses
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Human rights monitoring -- Congresses
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International agencies -- Congresses
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LAW -- International.
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Human rights advocacy
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Human rights monitoring
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International agencies
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Menschenrecht
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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Human rights.
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International law and national law.
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Gaer, Felice D., editor
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Broecker, Christen, editor
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Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights.
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ISBN |
9004254250 |
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9789004254251 |
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1306087430 |
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9781306087438 |
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