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1 online resource. |
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Nottingham studies on human rights,
2211-7342 ;
volume 6
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Nottingham studies on human rights ; v. 6.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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The United Nations Special Procedures System; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part 1: The 'System' of Special Procedures; 1 The History of the Special Procedures: A 'Learning-by-Doing' Approach to Human Rights Implementation; 2 Special Procedures: Independence and Impartiality; 3 Picking and Choosing? Country Visits by Thematic Special Procedures; 4 The UN Special Procedures System: The Role of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures. |
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5 Strengthening Cooperation: The Key to Unlocking the Potential of the Special ProceduresPart 2: Exploring Opportunities and Challenges through Mandate Holders' Work; 6 Coping Mechanisms for State Non-cooperation; 7 Doing It All and Doing It Well? A Mandate's Challenges in Terms of Cooperation, Fundraising and Maintaining Independence; 8 Working Out a Working Group: A View from a Former Working Group Member; 9 Special Procedures in the Digital Age. |
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10 Principle, Politics and Practice: The Role of un Special Rapporteurs on the Right to Adequate Housing in the Development of the Right to Housing in International Law11 Life as a UN Special Rapporteur: The Experience of the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia; 12 Business and Human Rights in the United Nations Special Procedures System; 13 The Challenge of Non-state Actors: The Experience of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health (2002-08); Part 3: Special Procedures and the 'Bigger Picture' |
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14 The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture in the Developing Architecture of UN Torture Protection15 The African State and Special Procedures: Agency, Leverage and Legitimacy; 16 Supporting or Resisting? The Relationship between Global North States and Special Procedures; 17 Ending Reprisals: The Role and Responsibilities of the Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council; Index. |
| Summary |
The United Nations Special Procedures system is a key element of the expanding international framework for human rights protection and promotion. However, despite the system's expansion, the range of roles and functions performed by mandate holders, and the growing evidence of its strengths and limitations, there has been very little academic interrogation or analysis of Special Procedures. This lacuna is ever-more problematic given the growing profile and effectiveness of the Special Procedures' work, as well as the increasing attention and challenges that they face, both externally from States and internally from within the UN system. Given the current 'state of play' of Special Procedures, it is essential that scholarly attention be focused upon the system. How does it contribute to international human rights protection? How, when and why does it fail to do so? What steps can and should be taken to address shortcomings both within the system and in terms of the legal and political context within which it operates? 0Featuring expert contributions from key players within, and expert commentators on, the Special Procedures system, this volume addresses these questions in an in-depth and rigorous scholarly manner. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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United Nations Human Rights Council.
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United Nations Human Rights Council. |
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Human rights.
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Human rights. |
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LAW -- International. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Human rights. |
| Added Author |
Nolan, Aoife, editor.
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Freedman, Rosa, editor.
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Murphy, Thérèse, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: United Nations special procedures system. Leiden : Brill Nijhoff, 2017 9789004304697 (DLC) 2016049410 (OCoLC)961002257 |
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9004304703 (E-book) |
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9789004304703 (electronic book) |
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9789004304697 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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900430469X (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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