The United Nations System for Protecting Human Rights

Dinah L. Shelton is the Manatt/Ahn Professor Emeritus of International Law at George Washington University, USA.

Contents: Introduction; Part I The UN Charter and Human Rights: The human rights law of the charter, Louis B. Sohn; The responsibility to protect: the role of international human rights law, Emma McClean. Part II UN Law-Making on Human Rights: Are human rights resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly law-making?, Heinz Guradze; Standard setting in human rights: critique and prognosis, Makau Mutua. Part III The Charter-Based Organs, Institutions and Procedures: The United Nations Commission on Human Rights, 1982-1997: a study of ’targeted’ resolutions, Ron Wheeler; The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: the history of a contested project, Theo Van Boven; Human rights issues in the UN General Assembly, Edward T. Rowe; The pillar of glass: human rights in the development operations of the United Nations, Mac Darrow and Louise Arbour; The United Nations Human Rights Council: politics, power and human rights, Kevin Boyle; Special procedures and the Human Rights Council: achievements and challenges ahead, Jeroen Gutter. Part IV UN Treaty Bodies: The concluding observations of United Nations human rights treaty bodies, Michael O’Flaherty; General Comment 24: confronting the problem of reservations to human rights treaties, Elena A. Baylis. Part V Human Rights in the UN Specialized Agencies: The United Nations' specialized agencies and implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Philip Alston; The International Labor Organization in the stag hunt for global labor rights, Alan Hyde; Making the World Health Organization work: a legal framework for universal access to the conditions for health, Allyn Lise Taylor; UNICEF’s mission to protect the rights of the child, Rebecca Rios-Kohn; The UNESCO human rights procedure: an evaluation, David Weissbrodt and Rose Farley. Part VI Assessments and Critiques: The United Nations’ compact with business: hindering or helping the protection of human rights?, Jus