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Protecting the Individual from International Authority: Human Rights in International Organizations
Monika Heupel
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Description for Protecting the Individual from International Authority: Human Rights in International Organizations
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International organizations (IOs) develop institutional provisions to make sure that their policies do not violate human rights. Accordingly, whilst IOs have a greater scope of action and ability to promote collective goods than ever before, they also have a greater capacity to do harm. Based on ten case studies on UN and EU sanctions policy, UN and NATO peacekeeping, and World Bank and IMF lending, this book examines human rights violations which can arise from the actions of IOs rather than those of states. It further explains how powerful IOs have introduced human rights protection provisions and analyzes the features ... Read more
International organizations (IOs) develop institutional provisions to make sure that their policies do not violate human rights. Accordingly, whilst IOs have a greater scope of action and ability to promote collective goods than ever before, they also have a greater capacity to do harm. Based on ten case studies on UN and EU sanctions policy, UN and NATO peacekeeping, and World Bank and IMF lending, this book examines human rights violations which can arise from the actions of IOs rather than those of states. It further explains how powerful IOs have introduced human rights protection provisions and analyzes the features ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
370
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107170827
SKU
V9781107170827
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Ref
99-1
About Monika Heupel
Monika Heupel is Junior Professor for International and European Politics at Otto-Friedrich-Universitat Bamberg, Germany. Michael Zuern is Director of the Global Governance unit at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung and Professor of International Relations at the Freie Universitat Berlin.
Reviews for Protecting the Individual from International Authority: Human Rights in International Organizations
'In our time, international organizations, having gained the authority to influence the lives of individuals through peacekeeping, sanctions, and development lending, have increasingly committed themselves to respect the human rights of those individuals. In this excellent, original, and rigorous book, the authors explore and explain the varied ways in which the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, ... Read more