RT Book
T1 The United Nations and human rights: a critical appraisal
T2 Oxford scholarly authorities on international law
A2 Mégret, Frédéric 1972-
A2 Alston, Philip 1950-
LA English
PP Oxford New York
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2020
ED Second edition
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1726242560
AB The very concept of human rights implies governmental accountability. To ensure that governments are indeed held accountable for their treatment of citizens and others the United Nations has established a wide range of mechanisms to monitor compliance, and to seek to prevent as well as respond to violations. The panoply of implementation measures that the UN has taken since 1945 has resulted in a diverse and complex set of institutional arrangements, the effectiveness of which varies widely. Indeed, there is much doubt as to the effectiveness of much of the UN's human rights efforts but also about what direction it should take. Inevitable instances of politicization and the hostile, or at best ambivalent, attitude of most governments, has at times endangered the fragile progress made on the more technical fronts. At the same time, technical efforts cannot dispense with the complex politics of actualizing the promise of human rights at and through the UN. In addition to significant actual and potential problems of duplication, overlapping and inconsistent approaches, there are major problems of under-funding and insufficient expertise. The complexity of these arrangements and the difficulty in evaluating their impact makes a comprehensive guide of the type provided here all the more indispensable. These essays critically examine the functions, procedures, and performance of each of the major UN organs dealing with human rights, including the Security Council and the International Court of Justice as well as the more specialized bodies monitoring the implementation of human rights treaties. Significant attention is devoted to the considerable efforts at reforming the UN's human rights machinery, as illustrated most notably by the creation of the Human Rights Council to replace the Commission on Human Rights. The book also looks at the relationship between the various bodies and the potential for major reforms and restructuring.
CN K3240.4
SN 978-0-19-174174-6
K1 United Nations : Commissions
K1 Human Rights
K1 United Nations : Menschenrechte : Menschenrechtspolitik : Menschenrechtsorganisation : Internationales Regime : Internationale staatliche Organisation : Umsetzung internationalen Rechts : Monitoring : Entwicklung internationalen Akteurs
K1 Human Rights : Human rights policy : Human rights organizations : International regimes : International governmental organizations : Implementation of international law : Monitoring : Evolution of international actors
K1 United Nations Security Council : United Nations General Assembly : Economic and Social Council (United Nations) : International Court of Justice : United Nations Human Rights Council : United Nations Commission on the Status of Women : United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues : United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination : Human Rights Committee : United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women : United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights : United Nations Committee against Torture : United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child : United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
K1 Aufsatzsammlung
K1 Vereinte Nationen : Menschenrecht
K1 Vereinte Nationen : Organ : Recht : Menschenrecht : Durchsetzung
DO 10.1093/law/9780198298373.001.0001