The Effectiveness of the UN Human Rights System - 9781138711532

Taylor & Francis

The Effectiveness of the UN Human Rights SystemReform and the Judicialisation of Human Rights\nAuthor(s): Surya Subedi, OBE, QC (Hon)\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138711532, 978-1138711532\nSynopsis\nThe UN human rights agenda has reached the mature age of 70 years and many UN mechanisms created to implement this agenda are themselves in their middle-age, yet human rights violations are still a daily occurrence around the globe. The scorecard of the UN human rights mechanisms appears impressive in terms of the promotion, spreading of education and engaging States in a dialogue to promote human rights, but when it comes to holding governments to account for violations of these rights, the picture is much more dismal.\n\nThis book examines the effectiveness of UN mechanisms and suggests measures to reform them in order to create a system that is robust and fit to serve the 21st century. This book casts a critic.