Securing human rights? : achievements and challenges of the UN Security Council

Summary: What role has the UN Security Council played in the promotion of human rights? Have its past actions breached those same rights the UN is pledged to uphold? Examining these two questions, this book provides a variety of viewpoints on the past, present, and future of the Security Council's role in the promotion of human rights.

Record details

ISBN: 0199641498
ISBN: 9780199641499
ISBN: 0191732214
ISBN: 9780191732218
ISBN: 0191029696
ISBN: 9780191029691
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 219 pages).
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Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The Security Council and human rights : from discretion to promote to obligation to protect / Daphna Shraga -- The Security Council as enforcer of human rights / Vera Gowlland-Debbas -- The role for human rights in the decision-making process of the Security Council / Bardo Fassbender -- Security Council targeted sanctions and human rights / Annalisa Ciampi -- Human rights considerations and the enforcement of targeted sanctions in Europe : the emergence of core standards of judicial protection / Erika de Wet -- Reviewing Security Council measures in the light of international human rights principles / Salvatore Zappalà.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.