Full Description
It is the merit of this book to present the Human Rights Council in terms of its mandates, roles and organization while seeking to remind the membership and the international community at large that the Council must be anchored in the modern human rights law of the Charter - of which the author gives a superb presentation. The book then proceeds to make the case that human rights are part of international constitutional law and this is exceedingly important at a time when universal values have come under stress from various quarters including from terrorist formations. The argument of the book is essentially that the modern human rights law of the Charter and the human rights provisions of international constitutional law must take precedence for everyone, everywhere.
Contents
Foreword: Professor Jiri Toman; Preface; Introduction: Mandate, Roles, Organization of the Human Rights Council
Chapters:
I. The Council and the Modern Human Rights Law of the Charter
II. Human Rights as International Constitutional Law
III. The Public Policy Role of the Human Rights Council
IV. Human Rights and Security Challenges
V. The National Responsibility to Protect
VI. National Protection in Practice? The IBSA Countries
VII. International Cooperation: The Universal Periodic Review
VIII. International Legislation
IX. Prevention
X. Fact-Finding
XI. Protection
XII. Justice
Conclusion;
Appendices:
I. Resolution establishing the Human Rights Council
II. Code of Conduct for Special Procedures
Bibliography; Index.
