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" Failing to protect : "
Rosa Freedman
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BL
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623387
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Freedman, Rosa
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Failing to protect : : the UN and the politicisation of human rights /\ Rosa Freedman
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xvi, 222 pages ;; 22 cm
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0190222549
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: 9780190222543
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-208) and index
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International law: what law? -- The UN: a brief explanation -- International humanitarian law, criminal law, human rights law -- Universal rights or cultural relativism? -- UN human rights machinery -- Look! We did something: South Africa and Israel -- Stop shouting, start helping: post-colonialism, human rights and development -- Human rights of migrants: what rights? -- The 'great' powers -- Out of sight, out of mind: hidden abuses across the world -- The 'good guys' -- It is not all doom and gloom -- Alternatives: a radical proposal -- Alternatives: a less radical alternative -- Alternatives: reform
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"Every year tens of millions of individuals suffer grave abuses of their human rights. These violations occur worldwide, in war-torn countries and in the wealthiest states. Despite many of the abuses being well-documented, little seems to be done to stop them from happening. The United Nations was established to safeguard world peace and security, development, and human rights yet undeniably it is failing to protect the rights of a great many people - from the victims of ethnic cleansing, to migrants, those displaced by war and women who suffer horrendous abuse. This book looks at the reasons for that failure. Using concrete examples intertwined with explanations of the law and politics of the UN, Rosa Freedman offers clear explanations of how and why the organisation is unable, at best, or unwilling, at worst, to protect human rights. Written for a non-specialist audience, her book also seeks to explain why certain countries and political blocs manipulate and undermine the UN's human rights machinery. Failing to Protect demonstrates the urgent need for radical reform of the machinery of human rights protection at the international level." -- Book jacket
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United Nations
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Human rights
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K3240.F737 2015
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