Catalysts for Change: How the U.N.'s Independent Experts Promote Human Rights - Couverture souple

Piccone, Ted

 
9780815721925: Catalysts for Change: How the U.N.'s Independent Experts Promote Human Rights
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0815721927 ISBN 13 : 9780815721925
Editeur : Brookings Institution Press, 2012

Synopsis

One of the great questions of international affairs is how to promote respect for human rights in a world where sovereign states can be persuaded but rarely compelled to do the right thing. Catalysts for Change examines the effectiveness of one of the United Nations most important human rights mechanisms the collection of independent experts known as Special Procedures. Created in the 1970s, Special Procedures serve as the eyes and ears of the UN human rights system and have been considered its crown jewel. Despite their prolific work as fact finders, reporters, and advocates, however, there has been no documented analysis of their impact at the national level until now. In his new book, Brookings Theodore Piccone fills that void with authoritative analysis of the mechanism s on-the-ground impact, undertaken within the context of current debates over the UN human rights system. He analyzed thousands of UN communications and government responses and conducted more than 250 interviews with relevant stakeholders, elaborating on his findings with original case studies and quantitative data. Catalysts for Change will help diplomats, practitioners, and advocates devise better strategies for enhancing the impact of the UN human rights systems. It will also help analysts, journalists, scholars, and students understand the same.

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À propos de l?auteur

Theodore Piccone is a senior fellow and deputy director for Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution. Piccone serves as an adviser to the Club of Madrid and has served on the National Security Council, at the State Department and in the Pentagon. He is a coauthor of Shifting the Balance: Obama and the Americas and The Obama Administration and the Americas: Agenda for Change, both published by Brookings.

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Éditeur
Brookings Institution Press
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0815721927
ISBN 13 
9780815721925
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
241
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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