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1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Nottingham Studies on Human Rights
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Nottingham studies on human rights.
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| 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 |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Conscience for the World examines the strategies pursued and results achieved by the UN's top human rights officials to end atrocities and promote justice, equality, and protection worldwide. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights -- Congresses.
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United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. |
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United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. |
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United Nations. High Commissioner for Human Rights. |
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United Nations. High Commissioner for Human Rights. |
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Human rights advocacy -- Congresses.
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Human rights advocacy. |
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Human rights monitoring -- Congresses.
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Human rights monitoring. |
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International agencies -- Congresses.
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International agencies. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Gaer, Felice D., editor.
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Broecker, Christen, editor.
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Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9789004254244 9004254242 (DLC) 2013028311 |
| ISBN |
9004254250 (electronic book) |
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9789004254251 (electronic book) |
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1306087430 (e-book) |
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9781306087438 (e-book) |
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9789004254244 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004254242 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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