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The United Nations and Human Rights. A Critical Appraisal.
Philip; M Gr Alston
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Description for The United Nations and Human Rights. A Critical Appraisal.
Hardcover. This book analyses the UN's contribution to international human rights, and the desire to ensure that governments are held accountable for their treatment of citizens and others. This book offers a comprehensive and expert analysis and critique of UN instruments and organs, and of the new UN Human Rights Council. Editor(s): Alston, Philip; Megret, Frederic. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: JPSN1; JPVH; LAM; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 3. .
The very concept of human rights implies governmental accountability. To ensure that governments are indeed held accountable for their treatment of citizens and others the United Nations has established a wide range of mechanisms to monitor compliance, and to seek to prevent as well as respond to violations. The panoply of implementation measures that the UN has taken since 1945 has resulted in a diverse and complex set of institutional arrangements, the effectiveness of which varies widely. Indeed, there is much doubt as to the effectiveness of much of the UN's human rights efforts but also about what ... Read more
The very concept of human rights implies governmental accountability. To ensure that governments are indeed held accountable for their treatment of citizens and others the United Nations has established a wide range of mechanisms to monitor compliance, and to seek to prevent as well as respond to violations. The panoply of implementation measures that the UN has taken since 1945 has resulted in a diverse and complex set of institutional arrangements, the effectiveness of which varies widely. Indeed, there is much doubt as to the effectiveness of much of the UN's human rights efforts but also about what ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
800
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Condition
New
Number of Pages
768
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198298373
SKU
V9780198298373
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About Philip; M Gr Alston
Frédéric Mégret is a Full-Professor and Dawson Fellow at the Faculty of Law of McGill University. He holds a Phd in international law from the Université Panthéon-Sorbonne and the Graduate Institute of International Studies of the University of Geneva. He is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris and the author of many articles on international human rights law, public international ... Read more
Reviews for The United Nations and Human Rights. A Critical Appraisal.
What is clear is that this is a seminal book on a key issue of our times. It has been well worth the wait. We must just hope that if the next edition is nearly 30 years in the coming, it will have a somewhat happier story to tell.
Malcolm Evans, International and Comparative Law Quarterly
Malcolm Evans, International and Comparative Law Quarterly