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The Oxford Handbook of the UN Human Rights System - Hardcover

 
9780197599945: The Oxford Handbook of the UN Human Rights System

Synopsis

The Oxford Handbook of the UN Human Rights System is the first comprehensive and compelling practical account of the human rights work carried out by the United Nations. It explains the various parts of the system, describes the functions, strengths, and weaknesses of each key body, and examines how each of the individual parts of this system and the broader system can be improved to deliver results for the peoples of the world. This book examines these questions over time, looking back at the historical engagement of each UN body with human rights, reviewing what each body is doing now and what it has achieved, and proposing targeted suggestions for reform. Importantly, each chapter is authored by either current or former diplomats who have led each part of the system or by expert practitioners and academics. Taken together, this Handbook provides a truly unique and first-ever view of both the entire system and its individual parts as they are today and how they can be harnessed going forward for greater impact.

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About the Author

Jared Genser is an international human rights lawyer and Managing Director of Perseus Strategies, a public interest law firm. He has taught courses about the UN Security Council as adjunct faculty at Stanford Law School, Georgetown University Law Center, University of Pennsylvania Law School, and University of Michigan Law School. He holds a BS from Cornell University, an MPP from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and a JD cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School.

Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein is President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Peace Institute and Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, he served as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2014-2018 after a long career as a Jordanian diplomat, including as his country's Permanent Representative to the UN (2000-2007 and 2010-2014) and Ambassador to the United States (2007-2010). He received his PhD from Cambridge University.

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