The protection roles of UN human rights special procedures / by Bertrand G. Ramcharan.

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Ramcharan, B. G

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Nijhoff law specials ; 74.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (x, 213 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9789047424796
9047424794
9789004171473
9004171479
1282400398
9781282400399
9786612400391
6612400390

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Protection roles of UN human rights special procedures.DDC classification:

341.4/8 22

LOC classification:

K3240 .R3555 2009eb

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Contents:

Contemporary challenges of international protection -- Origins, essence and foundations of special procedures -- The protection roles of country mandates -- The protection roles of thematic mandates -- State, individual, corporate, and international responsibility -- Prevention, urgent action and appeals -- Containment and mitigation : the transmittal of complaints to government and visits on the spot -- Fact-finding, recommendations, and follow up -- Remedies -- Advocacy for protection.

Summary: As the system of human rights special procedures goes forward to deal with the continuing and new challenges of human rights protection, this title records and recalls the considerable body of practice and precedents they have developed for the protection of human rights since the first special procedure was established in the mid 1960s.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-204) and index.

As the system of human rights special procedures goes forward to deal with the continuing and new challenges of human rights protection, this title records and recalls the considerable body of practice and precedents they have developed for the protection of human rights since the first special procedure was established in the mid 1960s.