The United Nations and human rights : a guide for a new era /

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Author / Creator:Mertus, Julie, 1963-
Imprint:Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, c2005.
Description:xvii, 223 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Global institutions series
Global institutions series.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5711083
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Varying Form of Title:UN and human rights
U.N. and human rights
ISBN:0415343372 (hbk)
0415343380 (pbk)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-214) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • 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
  • 7. Conclusion: looking backward, going forward
  • Appendix A. Selected directory of UN human rights bodies
  • Appendix B. Timeline of the UN human rights system
  • Appendix C. Special procedures of the Commission on Human Rights
  • Notes
  • Annotated bibliography