South Africa and the UN Human Rights Council

Name: South Africa and the UN Human Rights Council
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

South Africa and the UN Human Rights CouncilThe Fate of the Liberal Order\nAuthor(s): Eduard Jordaan\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032089454, 978-1032089454\nSynopsis\nThis book provides a detailed analysis of South Africas actions on the UN Human Rights Council, examining the countrys positions on civil and political rights, economic rights and development, social groups whose rights are frequently violated, and abuses in specific countries.\n\nThe most detailed and comprehensive study of any countrys record on the UN Human Rights Council to date, this book demonstrates that despite occasional support for human rights, South Africas overall record ranged from opposing to failing to support human rights. This is compounded by an anti-Western or anti-imperial edge to South Africas positions on the UNHRC. Using South Africa as a study case of a liberal country consistently behaving illiberally, this book theref.