The protection roles of UN human rights special procedures / by Bertrand G. Ramcharan.

As the system of human rights special procedures goes forward to deal with the continuing and new challenges of human rights protection it is of great value to record and recall the considerable body of practice and precedents they have developed for the protection of human rights since the first sp...

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Superior document:Nijhoff law specials, v. 74
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Year of Publication:2009
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Nijhoff law specials ; 74.
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contemporary challenges of international protection
  • Origins, essence and foundations of special procedures
  • The protection roles of country mandates
  • The protection roles of thematic mandates
  • State, individual, corporate, and international responsibility
  • Prevention, urgent action and appeals
  • Containment and mitigation : the transmittal of complaints to government and visits on the spot
  • Fact-finding, recommendations, and follow up
  • Remedies
  • Advocacy for protection.