A UN high commissioner in defence of human rights : "no license to kill or torture" /
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| Author / Creator: | Ramcharan, B. G. |
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| Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : M. Nijhoff, c2005. |
| Description: | xiii, 854 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5632712 |
Table of Contents:
- I. Designation as 'helmsman' and vision of the roles of the high commissioner
- II. Articles of faith and strategies for the future
- III. Leadership and advocacy : passion matters
- IV. Action in defence of human rights : trouble-shooting in crisis situations
- V. Defending human rights through human rights diplomacy
- VI. Restructuring the office in its tenth year
- VII. Defending human rights through strong national protection systems
- VIII. Defending human rights through improved treaty implementation
- IX. Strengthening the special procedures
- X. Protecting human rights in counter-terrorism strategies
- XI. Vindicating equality
- XII. Managerial improvements
- XIII. Introducing an integrated personnel system
- XIV. Relations with the staff
- XV. Relations with the human rights movement
- XVI. Relations with the host country
- XVII. Relations with the secretary-general
- XVIII. Reporting to the ECOSOC
- XIX. Reporting to the general assembly
- XX. Reporting to the security council
- XXI. Reporting to the Commission on Human Rights
- XXII. The challenges of international protection
- XXIII. Final conclusion : passion matters!
