The Protection Role and Jurisprudence of the United Nations Human Rights Council

by Bertrand Ramcharan

This book places under scrutiny for the first time, whether and how, the United Nations Human Rights Council actually contributes to the protection of human rights in the face of pervasive gross violations world-wide. It finds that the Council does little of preventive protection, some mitigatory protection, and little remedial or compensatory protection. The Council's response to situations of gross violations depends on the political alignments...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 900450494X
• ISBN13: 9789004504943
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
• Length: 208 Pages