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

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Author / Creator:Mertus, Julie, 1963-
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, c2009.
Description:xxii, 202 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
Series:Routledge global institutions ; 33
Global institutions series ; 33.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7794303
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Varying Form of Title:UN and human rights
U.N. and human rights
ISBN:9780415491327 (hardback)
0415491320 (hardback)
9780415491402 (pbk.)
0415491401 (pbk.)
9780203878019 (e-book)
0203878019 (e-book)
Notes:Previous ed.: 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [184]-192) and index.
Summary:Providing a framework for understanding contemporary United Nations (UN) human rights machinery, this text examines the historical and philosophical development of the UN human rights system and contemporary UN structures and procedures for addressing human rights issues.
Table of Contents:
  • A guide to the new UN human rights practice
  • The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
  • UN Charter-based bodies (and other non-treaty bodies)
  • UN treaty bodies
  • The Security Council
  • The International Labour Organization and the UN Global Compact
  • Conclusion: looking backward, going forward.