1st Edition
The Effectiveness of the UN Human Rights System Reform and the Judicialisation of Human Rights
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: The place of human rights in the contemporary and globalised world
Chapter 2: The conceptual and international development of human rights
Chapter 3: Effectiveness of the UN human rights treaty bodies
Chapter 4: Effectiveness of the UN Human Rights Council and its challenges
Chapter 5: Effectiveness of the Office of the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights
Chapter 6: The UN Human Rights Special Rapporteurs and their effectiveness in protecting human rights
Chapter 7: Effectiveness of other UN charter-based bodies and agencies associated with the UN
Chapter 8: Reform of the UN human rights system and the judicialisation of human rights at the international level
Conclusions
Select Bibliography
Index
Biography
Surya P. Subedi, OBE, QC (Hon), is Professor of International Law at the University of Leeds, member of the Institut de Droit International, former UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in Cambodia and barrister at the Three Stone Chambers, Lincoln’s Inn, London.
Surya P. Subedi offers a scholar's diagnosis of what is wrong with the international human rights system and a practitioner's suggestions to fix it. Drawing on his experiences as an activist, an academic, and as a UN Special Rapporteur, he shows the possibilities and the limitations of this vital body of norms — and how they might translate from words to deeds.
Professor Simon Chesterman, National University of Singapore and Secretary-General, Asian Society of International Law
'An effective UN addresses and remedies human rights violations. At present the organization does not deliver. In this accessible book Professor Subedi provides a competent and comprehensive assessment of the UN human rights system which culminates in a compelling plea for reform including concrete and feasible suggestions for change.'
Karin Arts, Professor of International Law and Development, ISS, The Hague, The Netherlands
