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

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...

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Other Authors: Fassbender, Bardo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Series:Collected courses of the Academy of European Law ; v. 20/1.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 219 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191732218
0191732214
9780191029691
0191029696