The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights conscience for the world / edited by Felice D. Gaer, Christen L. Broecker.
| Other author | Gaer, Felice D. |
| Other author | Broecker, Christen. |
| Other author | Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2014. |
| Description | xxii, 398 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Nottingham studies on human rights, 2211-7342 ; volume 3 |
| Contents | Rights inflation and role conflict in the office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights / Michael Ignatieff -- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : from the personal to the institutional / Harold Hongju Koh -- Address by the High-Commissioner at the Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights / Navi Pillay -- A conversation with the High Commissioner / [Navi Pillay and Felice D. Gaer] -- Future preventive strategies of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights / Bertrand G. Ramcharan -- The High Commissioner and the treaty bodies / Michael O'Flaherty -- The High Commissioners' promotion of universality of human rights / Sunila Abeysekera -- The High Commissioners and the special procedures : colleagues and competitors / Felice D. Gaer -- Protection through presence : the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the field / Christen L. Broecker -- Enhancing UN human rights work on the ground / William G. O'Neill -- The High Commissioner and national human rights institutions / Tseliso Thipanyane -- The High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Human Rights Council / Suzanne Nossel and Christen L. Broecker -- Human rights prosecutors? : the High Commissioner for Human Rights, international justice, and the example of Syria / David Kaye -- The High Commissioner, OHCHR, and China 1998-2005: challenges and achievements / Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt -- The High Commissioner for Human Rights and North Korea / Roberta Cohen -- The role of the High Commissioner in protecting and promoting human rights in Afghanistan and Sudan / Sima Samar -- The High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation / Karinna Moskalenko, Maria Goldman, and Catherine A. Fitzpatrick -- The High Commissioner for Human Rights and Burma (Myanmar) / Jared Genser -- The impact of the High Commissioner for Human Rights protection in Colombia / Victor Rodriguez-Rescia. |
| General note | "This endeavor began with a conference entitled: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: -- Conscience for the World, which was convened on February 7-8, 2012."-- Acknowledgments. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-392) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013028311 |
| ISBN | 9789004254244 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9004254242 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |