1st Edition
Non-Governmental Organisations and the United Nations Human Rights System
By Fiona McGaughey
Copyright 2021
104 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
104 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
104 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) have become important, although sometimes overlooked, actors in international human rights law. Although NGOs are not generally provided for in the hard law of treaties, they use the UN human rights system to hold Governments to account. A key way in which they do so is using State reporting mechanisms, initially the UN treaty bodies, but more recently... Read more
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: History of the NGO role in the UN Human Rights System
Chapter Three: UN Regulation of NGOs
Chapter Four: NGOs, treaties and treaty bodies
Chapter Five: NGOs and the Human Rights Council
Chapter Six: Conclusion
Biography
Fiona McGaughey is a Senior Lecturer at University of Western Australia Law School.
