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The UN and human rights : who guards the guardians? /
"Through an analysis of UN operations including international territorial administration, refugee camps, peacekeeping, the implementation of sanctions and the provision of humanitarian aid, Guglielmo Verdirame shows that the powers exercised by the UN carry a serious risk of human rights abuse....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Through an analysis of UN operations including international territorial administration, refugee camps, peacekeeping, the implementation of sanctions and the provision of humanitarian aid, Guglielmo Verdirame shows that the powers exercised by the UN carry a serious risk of human rights abuse. The International Law Commission has codified and developed the law of institutional responsibility, but, while indispensable, these principles and rules cannot on their own ensure compliance and accountability. The 'liberty deficit' of the UN and of other international organisations, thus remains an urgent legal and political problem. Some solutions may be available; indeed, recent state and institutional practice offers interesting examples in this respect. But at a fundamental level we need to ask ourselves whether, judged on the basis of the principle of liberty, the power shift from states to international organisations is always beneficial"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (lvi, 448 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139126885 1139126881 9780511862687 0511862687 9781139114059 1139114050 1139123963 9781139123969 1283295482 9781283295482 9786613295484 6613295485 1139121960 9781139121965 1139116223 9781139116220 1139111868 9781139111867 |