The UN Security Council and human rights

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The UN Security Council and human rights

Sydney D. Bailey

Macmillan , St. Martin's Press, 1994

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  • : pbk
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Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780333564899

Description

The United Nations Charter establishes six "principal organs". Five of these are expressly authorized or permitted to deal with human rights. The single exception is the Security Council, but the Council has increasingly concerned itself with human rights inside sovereign states. This book recounts how this trend has developed in the Security Council, reluctantly at first, but since 1989 with some enthusiasm and responsibilty. Some Third World countries are uneasy at this development, fearing that the Security Council, dominated by a single super power, will interfere in the internal affairs of states without the agreement of the government concerned.

Table of Contents

  • Self-determination in Africa
  • ascertaining the will of the people
  • international humanitarian law
  • terrorism
  • case-by-case
  • human rights and peace.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780333629826

Description

The UN Charter establishes six 'principal organs'. Five of these are expressly authorized or permitted to deal with human rights. The single exception is the Security Council, but the Council has increasingly concerned itself with human rights inside sovereign states. This book recounts how this trend has developed in the Security Council, reluctantly at first but since 1989 with some enthusiasm and responsibility. Some Third-World countries are uneasy at this development, fearing that the Security Council, dominated by a single superpower, will interfere in the internal affairs of states without the agreement of the government concerned.

Table of Contents

Tables and Charts - Abbreviations - Introduction - Self-Determination in Africa - Ascertaining the Will of the People - International Humanitarian Law - Terrorism - Case-by-Case - Human Rights and Peace - References - Index

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