Failing to Protect: The UN and the Politicisation of Human Rights

Freedman, Rosa

ISBN 10: 1849044090 / ISBN 13: 9781849044097

Published by C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Failing to Protect: The UN and the Politicisation of Human Rights
• Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849044090
• ISBN 13: 9781849044097
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very good

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Synopsis

Every year tens of millions of individuals suffer grave abuses of their human rights. These violations occur worldwide, in war-torn countries and in the wealthiest states. Despite many of the abuses being well-documented, little seems to be done to stop them from happening. The United Nations was established to safeguard world peace and security, development, and human rights, yet it is undeniable that currently it is failing to protect the rights of a great many people - from the victims of ethnic cleansing, to migrants, those displaced by war and women who suffer horrendous abuse. This book looks at the reasons for that failure. Using concrete examples intertwined with explanations of the law and politics of the UN, Rosa Freedman offers clear explanations of how and why the organisation is unable, at best, or unwilling, at worst, to protect human rights. Written for a non-specialist audience, her book also seeks to explain why certain countries and political blocs manipulate and undermine the UN's human rights machinery. Failing to Protect demonstrates the urgent need for radical reform of the machinery of human rights protection at the international level.

About the Author

Rosa Freedman is a lecturer at Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham. She is the author of The United Nations Human Rights Council: A Critique and Early Assessment and has published many academic and media articles on the UN, international law and human rights.