The prevention of human rights violations : contribution on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights (MFHR)
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The prevention of human rights violations : contribution on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights (MFHR)
(International studies in human rights, v. 67)
Ant. N. Sakkoulas Publishers , Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2001
- : Kluwer
- : Ant. N. Sakkoulas
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Papers of an International Colloquy held in Athens, May 24-25, 1999
Accompanying booklet entitled: The Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights : twenty years of activity
Includes bibliographical references and index
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The persistence of human rights violations around the world clearly demonstrates the need to focus more attention on preventive action.
Consequently, international organizations are increasingly strengthening the preventive dimension of their human rights activities. Preventive mechanisms have also emerged and continue to gain ground at the national level.
These new realities, however, seem to have received little attention by the academic community. Yet they raise many important issues, which need to be further explored. The above considerations prompted the Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights to mark its twentieth anniversary by organizing an International Colloquy on the topic of the prevention of human rights violations.
The present Volume contains contributions by the participants, based on the reports they presented at the Colloquy, substantially revised and updated. It constitutes the first attempt at a systematic analysis of the subject of the prevention of human rights violations, focusing on the following five aspects: conventional regimes, non-conventional monitoring mechanisms, international commissioners and Ombudsmen, national Ombudsmen and human rights institutions and the development of a human rights culture. It closes with a theoretical synthesis of the various approaches to the prevention of human rights violations, focusing on the context, the concept and function, as well as methods and techniques of prevention.
Table of Contents
- Message of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- M. Robinson. Part I: Conventional Regimes. 1. The CPT Model: An Examination
- R. Morgan. 2. The Preventive Mandate of the Control System Created by the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
- R. Hofmann. 3. The Preventive Dimension of the Activities of United Nations Treaty Bodies
- E. Kastanas. 4. Issues of Prevention and the Development of International Humanitarian Law: From the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda to the International Criminal Court
- S. Perrakis. 5. Some Reflections on the Statute of the International Criminal Court
- P. Dascalopoulou-Livada. Part II: Non-Conventional Monitoring Mechanisms. 1. The UN Special Rapporteurs
- L. Joinet. 2. Preventing Human Rights Violations on the Field: The Role of the OSCE Missions
- D. Christopoulos. 3. The Contribution of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission)
- G. Malinverni. 4. The Prevention of Human Rights Violations: Monitoring Mechanisms of the Council of Europe
- A. Drzemczewski. Part III: International Commissioners and Ombudsmen. 1. Integrating Human Rights into the Preventive Action of the United Nations
- E. Stamatopoulou. 2. UNHCR's Role in the Prevention of Human Rights Violations
- M. Stavropoulou. 3. The Preventive Role of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe
- J. Schokkenbroek. 4. The Preventive Activities of the European Ombudsman
- J. Soderman. Part IV: National Ombudsmen and Human Rights Institutions. 1. Evolution and Perspectives of the Institution of the Ombudsman
- F. Orton. 2. Evolution and Perspectives for National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights: Their Contribution to the Prevention of Human Rights Violations
- E. Decaux. 3. Vigilance and Proposal: The Preventive Role of the French National Advisory Commission for Human Rights
- G. Fellous. 4. The Greek National Commission for the Protection of Human Rights
- G. Papadimitriou. Part V: Towards a Human Rights Culture. 1. The Contribution of NGOs to the Prevention of Human Rights Violations
- A. Dieng. 2. Human Rights Education, a Fundamental Resource in the Prevention of Violations
- J.-B. Marie. Part VI: General Conclusions. The Prevention of Human Rights Violations: Utopia or Challenge? L.-A. Sicilianos. Index.
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