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The United Nations and human rights : a guide for a new era / Julie A. Mertus.

Title
The United Nations and human rights : a guide for a new era / Julie A. Mertus.
Author
Mertus, Julie, 1963-
Publication
London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2005.

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Description
xvii, 223 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
Providing a framework for understanding contemporary United Nations (UN) human rights machinery, this text examines the historical and philosophical development of the UN human rights system and contemporary UN structures and procedures for addressing human rights issues.
Series Statement
Global institutions series
Uniform Title
Global institutions series 1.
Alternative Title
  • U.N. and human rights
  • UN and human rights
Subject
  • Conference on Disarmament
  • Human Rights
  • Human rights
  • United Nations
  • United Nations. General Assembly
Note
  • Series numbered retrospectively.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-214) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
A guide to the new UN human rights practice -- The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights -- UN charter-based bodies (and other non-treaty bodies) -- UN treaty-bodies -- The Security Council -- The International Labour Organization.
ISBN
  • 0415343372 (hardback)
  • 0415343380 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2004024355
OCLC
56809678
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library