LEADER 04016nam 2200601 450 001 9910788134603321 005 20200909225244.0 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004289031 035 $a(CKB)2670000000616352 035 $a(EBL)2051382 035 $a(OCoLC)910651208 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001482266 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11823376 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001482266 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11508551 035 $a(PQKB)10152984 035 $a(OCoLC)910651208$z(OCoLC)910815620 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004289031 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2051382 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2051382 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11055123 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL784665 035 $a(PPN)195379071 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000616352 100 $a20150527h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe law, policy and politics of the UN Human Rights Council /$fby Bertrand G. Ramcharan 210 1$aLeiden, The Netherlands :$cKoninklijke Brill,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 225 1 $aInternational Studies in Human Rights,$x0924-4751 ;$vVolume 112 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-28902-X 311 $a90-04-28903-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminary Material -- Introduction: Mandates, Roles, Organization of the Human Rights Council -- The Council and the Modern Human Rights Law of the Charter -- Human Rights as International Constitutional Law -- Public Policy Role -- Human Rights and Security Challenges -- The National Responsibility to Protect Human Rights -- National Protection in Practice? The ibsa Countries -- International Cooperation: The Universal Periodic Review -- International Legislation -- Prevention -- Fact-Finding -- Protection -- Justice -- Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aThe UN Human Rights Council is the leading human rights organ of the United Nations and, ten years after it was established, it has attracted commendation as well as severe criticism. Its universal periodic review is widely recognized as a valuable process of international cooperation to advance the universal implementation of human rights. However, it has been criticized for not acting effectively and fairly in dealing with situations of shocking violations of human rights in many parts of the world. It is an international organ with the highest responsibilities to uphold universal values but, at the same time, it is a political organ of United Nations Member States, and it shows the characteristics of both a values-based body and a theatre of political drama. It is the merit of this book to present the Human Rights Council in terms of its mandates, roles and organization while seeking to remind the membership and the international community at large that the Council must be anchored in the modern human rights law of the Charter - of which the author gives a superb presentation. The book then proceeds to make the case that human rights are part of international constitutional law and this is exceedingly important at a time when universal values have come under stress from various quarters including from terrorist formations. The argument of the book is essentially that the modern human rights law of the Charter and the human rights provisions of international constitutional law must take precedence for everyone, everywhere. 410 0$aInternational studies in human rights ;$vVolume 112. 606 $aHuman rights monitoring 615 0$aHuman rights monitoring. 676 $a341.4/8 700 $aRamcharan$b B. G.$0229593 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788134603321 996 $aThe law, policy and politics of the UN Human Rights Council$93791317 997 $aUNINA