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International human rights institutions, tribunals, and courts / edited by Gerd Oberleitner. - xvii, 623 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm - International Human Rights Springer reference . - International human rights (Springer (Firm)) Springer reference. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction ot human rights institutions : legitimacy and authority / The Universal Declaration of Human Rights : politics and provisions (1945-1948) / The UN Human Rights Council : achievements and challenges in its first decade / The UN high commissioner for human rights and field operations / The UN human rights treaty bodies : impact and future / The UN Human Rights Committee / The UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights / Gender in the UN : CEDAW and the Commission on the Status of Women / The UN Security Council and human rights / International Labour Organization / UNESCO and human rights / A world court of human rights / National human rights institutions / Human rights : the Nuremberg legacy / Human rights : future of ad hoc tribunals / The International Criminal Court between human rights and realpolitik / Enforcement of international humanitarian law / Transitional justice for human rights : the legacy and future of truth and reconciliation commissions / The European Court of Human Rights : achievements and prospects / The European Union Fundamental Rights Agency / The Inter-American Commission and Court of Human Rights / The African Commission and Court on Human and Peoples' Rights / Human rights mechanisms in the Arab world : politics and protection / ASEAN human rights mechanisms / Agenda for strengthening human rights institutions / Selected human rights instruments. Steven Wheatley -- Roland Burke and James Kirby -- Humberto Cant�u Rivera -- William G. O'Neill -- Lutz Oette -- Anja Seibert-Fohr -- Fons Coomans -- Jane Connors -- Joanna Weschler and Lindiwe Knutson -- Maria Victoria Cabrera-Ormaza -- Yvonne Donders -- Manfred Nowak -- Kirsten Roberts Lyer -- Miriam Cohen -- Milena Sterio -- Luigi Daniele -- Gentian Zyberi -- Elin Skaar -- Philip Leach -- Gabriel N. Toggenburg -- Veronica Gomez -- Manisuli Ssenyonjo -- Zaid Eyadat and Hani Okasheh -- Sriprapha Petcharamesree -- Gerd Oberleitner --

"This book introduces readers to the major human rights institutions, courts, and tribunals and critically assesses their legacy as well as the promise they hold for realizing human rights globally, and the challenges they face in doing so. It traces the rationale of setting up international institutions, courts, and tribunals with the aim of ensuring respect for international human rights law and presents their historic development, and critically analyzes their contribution to the promotion and protection of human rights. At the same time, it asks which promises old and new (and envisaged) human rights institutions hold for safeguarding human rights in light of continuing violations and recent global trends in human rights and politics. The first section presents institutions created within the framework of the United Nations. The second part of the volume assesses how international criminal tribunals have reframed human rights violations as individual criminal acts. The third part of the volume is devoted to established and emerging regional human rights bodies and courts around the world."--

ISBN: 9789811052057 9811052050

LCCN: 2018950538

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB8I6036 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 019080627 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
International human rights courts.
Human rights--History.
International law and human rights.
International law and human rights.
Human rights.
International human rights courts.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: K3240.5 / .I48 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 341.48