The Protection Role of National Human Rights Institutions / / edited by Bertie G. Ramcharan.

• Superior document: Nijhoff Law Specials ; 62
• TeilnehmendeR: Ramcharan, Bertie G.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : Brill | Nijhoff,, 2005.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Series: Nijhoff Law Specials ; 62.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

One of the more promising developments in global efforts to uphold human rights over the past decade has been the growing role of national human rights institutions. A role for national institutions was foreseen by the United Nations Economic and Social Council as early as 1946 and since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 the Commission on Human Rights and the United Nations Secretariat have sought to promote the role of such institutions. This volume offers a wealth of information on the protection functions of existing national human rights institutions in a wide selection of countries, drawn from Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and Oceania. These essays together make clear the genuine striving by national human rights commissions to act for the protection of human rights in the countries they serve, and the variety of protection models that can and are being adopted, both in developed and developing countries.

Table of Contents

Introduction B.G. Ramcharan ; -- I. The Protection Role of the Australian Human Rights Commission The Hon. John von Doussa, Q.C. ; -- II. The Protection Role of the Danish Human Rights Commission Morten Kjaerum ; -- III. The Protection Role of the Fiji Human Rights Commission Dr. Shaista Shameem ; -- IV. The Protection Role of the Ghana Human Rights Commission Anna Bossman ; -- V. The Protection Role of the Indian Human Rights Commission Justice (Dr.) A.S. Annand ; -- VI. The Protection Role of the Mexican Human Rights Commission Dr. José Luis Soberanes Fernández ; -- VII. The Protection Role of the Nepalese Human Rights Commission Nayan Bahadur Khatri ; -- VIII. The Protection Role of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Prof. Brice Dickson ; -- IX. The Protection Role of the Philippines Human Rights Commission Dr. Purificacion C.V. Quisumbing ; -- X. The Protection Role of the Uganda Human Rights Commission Justice Margaret Sekaggya ; -- XI. National Institutions and the Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Orest Nowosad ; -- Conclusion B.G. Ramcharan ; -- Select Bibliography; Principles Relating to the Status of National Institutions (The Paris Principles); -- Annex I: General Comment No 10 of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR): The Role of National Human Rights Institutions in the Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; -- Annex II: Report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to the 56th Session of the Commission on Human Rights (2000).