New Dimensions in the International Protection of Human Rights and the Need for a New Human Rights Diplomacy

Bertrand G. Ramcharan (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

222 Seiten

2024
Martinus Nijhoff (Verlag)
978-90-04-69564-1 (ISBN)

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This ground-breaking book assesses the state of implementation of international human rights law, identifies new challenges in international protection, and calls for a new human rights diplomacy suited to the contemporary geopolitical situation of the world.

The twenty-first century is seeing a battle of ideas between different conceptions of governance: people-centred and party-centred. At the same time, scientific and technological developments are posing new challenges for human rights. This book identifies new dimensions in the international protection of human rights and makes the case for a new human rights diplomacy focusing on enlarging the area of common ground among governments and enhancing national human rights protection systems.

Dr Bertrand G. Ramcharan has been Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Professor of International Law at the University of Ottawa, Professor of International Human Rights Law at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Fellow at Harvard University and Fellow at the LSE, Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurist, Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Deputy and then UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ad interim. He served as member of an Eminent Persons Panel of the UN Human Rights Council dealing with human rights in Darfur, and as Commissioner on an ILO Commission of Inquiry on the human rights situation in Zimbabwe. He is the author of several books, including Contemporary Human Rights Ideas and Preventive Diplomacy at the UN.

Foreword

Preface

Contemporary Protection Challenges

1 Introduction

i The UN’s Normative and Jurisprudential Architecture of Human Rights

ii Protection of the Right to Life

iii Promotion of Human Dignity and Equality

iv Promotion of a Social and International Order Conducive to Human Survival, Dignity and Rights

v Clarification of the Content of International Human Rights Law through the Human Rights Treaty Organs and the International Court of Justice

vi Struggling against Widespread Violations of Human Rights

vii The International Criminal Tribunals

viii Operating Imperfect Bodies: The Security Council, the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council

ix Struggling for a Wise Arrangement on the Role of Treaty Supervisory Organs

x Grudgingly Benefitting from the Contributions of ngo s

Conclusion

2 Historical and Phlosophical Perspectives

Introduction

i Historical Perspectives

ii Philosophical Perspectives

Conclusion

3 Fundamental Premises: Universality, Dignity, Equality, Justice

Introduction

i Universality

ii Dignity

iii The Principle of Equality

iv Justice

Conclusion

4 A New Human Rights Diplomacy in Support of National Human Rights Protection Systems

Introduction

i International Legal Requirements on the Need for Adequate and Effective National Human Rights Protection Systems

ii The Concept of a National Human Rights Protection System

iii Sustainable Development Goal 16

iv Towards a New Diplomacy in Support of the Enhancement of National Human Rights Protection Systems

Conclusion

5 Promoting Equitable Life Chances through National Implementation of the Right to Development

Introduction

i The UN Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals

ii Perspectives on Implementation of the Right to Development

iii The Need for National Law and Policy

iv Equality

v The Duty to Ensure the Enjoyment of Basic Rights

vi The Need for Legal Innovations

vii The Right to Development as the Right to a Process of Development

viii Case Studies of India, Brazil and South Africa

ix Preventable Poverty

x Violations of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

xi Public Interest Litigation

Conclusion

6 Enhancing Racial Justice in the Face of Searing Traumas – Despite the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

Introduction

i Intellectual History

ii Taking the Pulse of the Regions and of ngo s in the Run-Up to the Durban Conference

iii Vision Statements by All Countries

iv Political Debates

v The Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

vi Innovations in the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

vii Policy Issues

viii Political Issues

Conclusion

7 Managing Epochal Changes and Protecting People at Risk

Introduction

i The Responsibility to Protect in an Age of Epochal Change

ii Divergences among the Great Powers

iii Chinese and Russian Perspectives on Human Rights

iv Climate Change: A Crime against Humanity for Deliberate, Reckless or Negligent Harming of the Global Climate?

v Artificial Intelligence: Should ai Firms Face Criminal Sanctions?

vi Robotic Weapons

vii Humans on Other Planets

viii Protection of People at Risk

ix International Law and Public Emergencies

Conclusion

8 Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	25.04.2024
Reihe/Serie	International Studies in Human Rights ; 144
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	528 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	90-04-69564-8 / 9004695648
ISBN-13	978-90-04-69564-1 / 9789004695641
Zustand	Neuware