The United Nations Human Rights Council : a critique and early assessment / / Rosa Freedman

• Autore: Freedman Rosa
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (343 p.)
• Disciplina: 341.4/8
• Soggetto topico: Human rights
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Background: from commission to council -- Reforming the UN principal charter-based human rights body -- Creation and mandate -- International relations theories -- Roles and functions of international organisations -- Politicisation of international organisations -- The United States and the Human Rights Council -- The Council's inaction on Darfur -- Innovative mechanisms -- Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: The United Nations Human Rights Council was created in 2006 to replace the UN Commission on Human Rights. The Council's mandate and founding principles demonstrate that one of the main aims, at its creation, was for the Council to overcome the Commission's flaws. Despite the need to avoid repeating its predecessor's failings, the Council's form, nature and many of its roles and functions are strikingly similar to those of the Commission.This book examines the creation and formative years of the United Nations Human Rights Council and assesses the extent to which the Council ha
• Titolo autorizzato: The United Nations Human Rights Council
• ISBN: 1-135-11514-1; 0-203-07473-4; 1-299-31956-4; 1-135-11515-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792048903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge research in human rights law.