The United Nations special procedures system /
The United Nations special procedures system /
Edited by Aoife Nolan, Rosa Freedman, Therese Murphy.
- 1 online resource.
- Nottingham studies on human rights ; 6 .
- Nottingham Studies on Human Rights 6. Human Rights and Humanitarian Law E-Books Online, Collection 2017, ISBN: 9789004328037. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Introduction / The History of the Special Procedures: A ‘Learning-by-Doing’ Approach to Human Rights Implementation / Special Procedures: Independence and Impartiality / Picking and Choosing? Country Visits by Thematic Special Procedures / The UN Special Procedures System: The Role of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures / Strengthening Cooperation: The Key to Unlocking the Potential of the Special Procedures / Coping Mechanisms for State Non-cooperation / Doing It All and Doing It Well? A Mandate’s Challenges in Terms of Cooperation, Fundraising and Maintaining Independence / Working Out a Working Group: A View from a Former Working Group Member / Special Procedures in the Digital Age / 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 Law / Life as a UN Special Rapporteur: The Experience of the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia / Business and Human Rights in the United Nations Special Procedures System / 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) / The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture in the Developing Architecture of UN Torture Protection / The African State and Special Procedures: Agency, Leverage and Legitimacy / Supporting or Resisting? The Relationship between Global North States and Special Procedures / Ending Reprisals: The Role and Responsibilities of the Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council / Index / Aoife Nolan , Rosa Freedman and Thérèse Murphy -- Aoife Nolan , Rosa Freedman and Thérèse Murphy -- Elvira Domínguez-Redondo -- Jane Connors -- Felice D. Gaer -- Najat Maalla M’jid -- Marc Limon -- Ahmed Shaheed and Rose Parris Richter -- Inga T. Winkler and Catarina de Albuquerque -- Olivier de Frouville -- Ella McPherson and Thomas Probert -- Jessie Hohmann -- Surya P. Subedi -- Daria Davitti -- Paul Hunt -- Malcolm Evans -- Jonathan Fisher and Danielle Beswick -- Rosa Freedman and François Crépeau -- Phil Lynch -- Aoife Nolan , Rosa Freedman and Thérèse Murphy.
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The United Nations Special Procedures system is a key element of the evolving 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 mounting 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 focussed 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? Featuring 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.
9789004304703
10.1163/9789004304703 DOI
2016049561
United Nations Human Rights Council.
Human rights.
K3241
341.4/8
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Introduction / The History of the Special Procedures: A ‘Learning-by-Doing’ Approach to Human Rights Implementation / Special Procedures: Independence and Impartiality / Picking and Choosing? Country Visits by Thematic Special Procedures / The UN Special Procedures System: The Role of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures / Strengthening Cooperation: The Key to Unlocking the Potential of the Special Procedures / Coping Mechanisms for State Non-cooperation / Doing It All and Doing It Well? A Mandate’s Challenges in Terms of Cooperation, Fundraising and Maintaining Independence / Working Out a Working Group: A View from a Former Working Group Member / Special Procedures in the Digital Age / 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 Law / Life as a UN Special Rapporteur: The Experience of the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia / Business and Human Rights in the United Nations Special Procedures System / 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) / The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture in the Developing Architecture of UN Torture Protection / The African State and Special Procedures: Agency, Leverage and Legitimacy / Supporting or Resisting? The Relationship between Global North States and Special Procedures / Ending Reprisals: The Role and Responsibilities of the Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council / Index / Aoife Nolan , Rosa Freedman and Thérèse Murphy -- Aoife Nolan , Rosa Freedman and Thérèse Murphy -- Elvira Domínguez-Redondo -- Jane Connors -- Felice D. Gaer -- Najat Maalla M’jid -- Marc Limon -- Ahmed Shaheed and Rose Parris Richter -- Inga T. Winkler and Catarina de Albuquerque -- Olivier de Frouville -- Ella McPherson and Thomas Probert -- Jessie Hohmann -- Surya P. Subedi -- Daria Davitti -- Paul Hunt -- Malcolm Evans -- Jonathan Fisher and Danielle Beswick -- Rosa Freedman and François Crépeau -- Phil Lynch -- Aoife Nolan , Rosa Freedman and Thérèse Murphy.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
The United Nations Special Procedures system is a key element of the evolving 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 mounting 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 focussed 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? Featuring 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.
9789004304703
10.1163/9789004304703 DOI
2016049561
United Nations Human Rights Council.
Human rights.
K3241
341.4/8