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  • Contemporary Human Rights Ideas

    Rethinking theory and practice

    by Bertrand Ramcharan ...
    Series series Global Institutions
    Written by a former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (2003–4), this book has been fully updated for a second edition and continues to provide a much needed, short and accessible introduction to the foundational human rights ideas of our times and shows that every government is under international obligation to respect and uphold universal human rights.Updates include:Discussion of the recent ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • Contemporary Preventive Diplomacy

    by Bertrand Ramcharan ...
    Series series Global Institutions
    This book offers an explanation and evaluation of preventative diplomacy in an age of increasing precariousness. It emphasises the importance of pursuing diplomacy and human security in connection with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) which promote development grounded in peace, justice, and universal respect for human rights.It explores and uncovers efforts to set up diplomatic channels ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • Modernizing the Role of the International Court of Justice

    by Bertrand Ramcharan ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book discusses the future role of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a world facing survival challenges. It discusses threats such as climate change, environmental degradation and pandemics, and argues that in the future the ICJ will need to carry out judicial, security and protection functions as it is the only organ of the United Nations (UN) that can discharge such functions in ... Read more

    $141.99 CAD

  • The Guyana Court of Appeal

    by Bertrand Ramcharan ...
    This book is one of the few studies of how the rule of law has fared in a developing country since it achieved independence. ... Read more

    $109.99 CAD

  • The UN Human Rights Council

    by Bertrand Ramcharan ...
    Series series Global Institutions
    The UN Human Rights Council provides a detailed insight into this important organization. The UN was founded in the hope that lasting peace would be built on the foundations of human rights and economic and social progress. In 2006 the Commission on Human Rights was replaced by the Human Rights Council as the principal UN body concerned with human rights. It is even possible that the council might ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • Conflict Prevention in the UN´s Agenda 2030

    Development, Peace, Justice and Human Rights

    by Bertrand Ramcharan, Robin Ramcharan ...
    This book analyses the UN’s Agenda 2030 and reveals that progress is lagging on all five interlocking and interdependent themes that are discussed: conflict prevention, development, peace, justice and human rights. Many voices have already been raised, including that of the UN Secretary-General that the Sustainable Development Goals will not be met by 2030 unless there is a re-doubling of efforts. ... Read more

    $154.99 CAD

  • The Advent of Universal Protection of Human Rights

    Theo van Boven and the Transformation of the UN Role

    by Bertrand Ramcharan ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This biography tells the story of Theo van Boven’s dynamic and courageous leadership to develop UN protection. Van Boven has been a life-long scholar and practitioner of human rights. He served in the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, represented The Netherlands in the UN Commission on Human Rights, served as an expert in its Sub-Commission on Human Rights, and also on the Committee on the ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

  • Preventive Human Rights Strategies

    by Bertrand G. Ramcharan ...
    Series series Global Institutions
    The prevention of violations of human rights must become the dominant protection strategy of the twenty-first century, nationally, regionally, and globally. This book clearly identifies the need for preventive human rights strategies, maps what exists by way of such strategies at the present time, and offers policy options to deal with the world of the future.Written by a former UN High ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

  • Asia and the Drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

    by Robin Ramcharan, Bertrand Ramcharan ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This is the first book that explicitly outlines Asian contributions to the elaboration of universal human rights values that were proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. Evidence of Asia’s contribution from the historical records of the Commission on Human Rights (1946 to 1948) profoundly refutes any remnants of the relativist ‘Asian values’ discourse. Asians shaped the ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

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    A Handbook on Issues, Frameworks and Solutions

    by Chris Huggins, Scott Leckie ...
    Housing, land and property (HLP) rights, as rights, are widely recognized throughout international human rights and humanitarian law and provide a clear and consistent legal normative framework for developing better approaches to the HLP challenges faced by the UN and others seeking to build long-term peace. This book analyses the ubiquitous HLP challenges present in all conflict and post-conflict ... Read more

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  • On Democracy

    by Robert A. Dahl, Ian Shapiro ...
    In this accessible and authoritative work of political science and political philosophy, one of the most prominent political theorists of our time provides a primer on democracy: what it is, why it is valuable, how it works, and what challenges it confronts in the future.Robert Dahl begins with an overview of the early history of democracy. He goes on to discuss differences among democracies, ... Read more

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  • A Voice for Human Rights

    by Mary Robinson, Louise Arbour, Kofi Annan ...
    Series series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
    Few names are so closely connected with the cause of human rights as that of Mary Robinson. As former President of Ireland, she was ideally positioned for passionately and eloquently arguing the case for human rights around the world. Over five tumultuous years that included the tragic events of 9/11, she offered moral leadership and vision to the global human rights movement. This volume is a ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD