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New Dimensions in the International Protection of Human Rights and the Need for a New Human Rights Diplomacy
Series: - International Studies in Human Rights, Volume: 144
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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.
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
Preface
Contemporary Protection Challenges
1 Introduction
Conclusion
2 Historical and Phlosophical Perspectives
Introduction
Conclusion
3 Fundamental Premises: Universality, Dignity, Equality, Justice
Introduction
Conclusion
4 A New Human Rights Diplomacy in Support of National Human Rights Protection Systems
Introduction
Conclusion
5 Promoting Equitable Life Chances through National Implementation of the Right to Development
Introduction
Conclusion
6 Enhancing Racial Justice in the Face of Searing Traumas – Despite the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
Introduction
Conclusion
7 Managing Epochal Changes and Protecting People at Risk
Introduction
Conclusion
8 Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Students of human rights, diplomats, UN officials, lawyers, politicians, international relations personnel