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Author Piccone, Theodore J.

Title Catalysts for Change : How the U.N.'s Independent Experts Promote Human Rights
Published Washington DC : Brookings Institution Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (242 pages)
Contents Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Who Are the UN's Independent Human Rights Experts?; Findings on Effectiveness: Country Visits and Communications; Independence under the Blue Flag: Relationship with the United Nations; Style Matters; Bringing Implementation Home: The Role of States; Working with the Independent Sector; The Future of Special Procedures; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Appendix E; Appendix F; Appendix G; Appendix H; Notes; Index; Back Cover
Summary Catalysts for Change examines the strengths and weaknesses of one of the United Nations' most important human rights mechanisms-the collection of independent experts known as special procedures-as they negotiate the rocky terrain where rights meet reality. These independent experts serve as the eyes and ears of the UN human rights system. Despite their prolific work as experts and advocates, however, there has been no empirical study of their impact at the national level-until now. This book provides concrete evidence of why the system works and ways it can be improved
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-214) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject United Nations Human Rights Council.
SUBJECT United Nations Human Rights Council fast
Subject Human rights -- International cooperation
Human rights monitoring.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Human Rights.
Human rights -- International cooperation
Human rights monitoring
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012023170
ISBN 9780815721932
0815721935