New Institutions for Human Rights Protection

. Ed(s): Boyle, Kevin

ISBN 10: 019957054X / ISBN 13: 9780199570546

Published by Oxford University Press, 2009

About this Item

The gap between international human rights standards and their implementation is acknowledged to be the major issue confronting human rights protection. This volume examines the new institutions that have sprung up in recent years to address this implementation gap, including the UN human rights council and the EU Fundamental Rights Agency. Editor(s): Boyle, Kevin. Series: Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPSN1; JPVH; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502. . 2009. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: New Institutions for Human Rights Protection
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019957054X
• ISBN 13: 9780199570546
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book presents a multi-faceted approach to one of the most crucial challenges facing Human Rights institutions today - the implementation gap that exists between human rights norms and their enforcement by States. Comprising contributions from renowned international scholars in the field of human rights, New Institutions for Human Rights Protection examines how the human rights commitments entered into by States might be translated more effectively into protection for individuals in practice and the crucial role that human rights institutions, at both a national and international level, have to play in this endeavor.

Focusing on recent developments in respect to institutions such as the UN Human Rights Council and the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), these essays present a thorough account of the challenges and objectives facing the international community today with respect to human rights. From an account of the origins and aims of the UN Human Rights Council to its potential conflict with the missions of other Treaty bodies and from an observation on the role of institutions in the field of racism and discrimination to the potency of human rights norms and institutions to uphold minority interests, this volume offers original and diverse perspectives on the role of fledgling human rights institutions.

About the Author

Kevin Boyle is a Professor of Law at the University of Essex with specialization in Human Rights Law. He was Director of the Human Rights Center from 1990 to 2001. From 2001-2002 he spent a year in Geneva with the United Nations as Senior Adviser to Mary Robinson the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.