The Un, Human Rights and Post-Conflict Situations - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719068665 ISBN 13: 9780719068669

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2005

Synopsis

The United Nations is one of the largest providers of assistance in post-conflict situations in the world. This book considers the human rights standards applicable to the United Nations and applied by the United Nations in post-conflict situations, including East Timor, Kosovo and Afghanistan. It looks at legal principles, peace agreements, support of democracy, human rights protection, development and other forms of reconstruction with which the UN has become involved, including the grandly-named task of “state-building”. It deals both with the obligation upon the UN to respect human rights in post-conflict situations, and the obligation upon the UN to ensure that human rights are respected by those in positions of power in post-conflict situations.

Written by an internationally renowned list of contributors, this book will be of vital use to anyone studying conflict analysis, international relations, international law and the role of the United Nations on the world stage.

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About this title

About the Authors

Nigel D. White is Professor of International Organisations in the School of Law at the University of Nottingham

Dirk Klaasen is Research Fellow in the Human Rights Law Centre at the University of Nottingham

Edition details

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0719068665
• ISBN 13: 9780719068669
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 520
• Editor: White Nigel, Klaasen Dirk