TY - BOOK AU - Gaer,Felice D. AU - Broecker,Christen ED - Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights. TI - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: conscience for the world T2 - Nottingham Studies on Human Rights SN - 9004254250 AV - K3241 .U549 2013 U1 - 341.4/8 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Leiden PB - Martinus Nijhoff Publishers KW - United Nations KW - Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights KW - Congresses KW - fast KW - Vereinte Nationen KW - Hochkommissar für Menschenrechte KW - gnd KW - Human rights advocacy KW - Human rights monitoring KW - International agencies KW - Défense des droits de l'homme KW - Congrès KW - Droits de l'homme KW - Surveillance KW - Organisations internationales KW - LAW KW - International KW - bisacsh KW - Menschenrecht KW - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights KW - pplt KW - Human rights KW - International law and national law KW - Electronic books KW - Conference papers and proceedings N1 - "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; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=658387 ER -