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Author Ramcharan, B. G

Title The protection roles of UN human rights special procedures / by Bertrand G. Ramcharan
Published Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 213 pages)
Series Nijhoff law specials, 0924-4549 ; v. 74
Nijhoff law specials ; 74.
Contents Contemporary challenges of international protection -- Origins, essence and foundations of special procedures -- The protection roles of country mandates -- The protection roles of thematic mandates -- State, individual, corporate, and international responsibility -- Prevention, urgent action and appeals -- Containment and mitigation : the transmittal of complaints to government and visits on the spot -- Fact-finding, recommendations, and follow up -- Remedies -- Advocacy for protection
Summary As the system of human rights special procedures goes forward to deal with the continuing and new challenges of human rights protection, this title records and recalls the considerable body of practice and precedents they have developed for the protection of human rights since the first special procedure was established in the mid 1960s
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-204) and index
Notes English
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Subject United Nations.
SUBJECT United Nations fast
Subject Human rights monitoring.
Human rights -- International cooperation
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Human rights -- International cooperation
Human rights monitoring
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2008045762
ISBN 9789047424796
9047424794
9789004171473
9004171479
1282400398
9781282400399
9786612400391
6612400390