Global standards--local action
Subtitle: 15 years Vienna World Conference on Human Rights : conference proceedings of the international expert conference held in Vienna on 28 and 29 August 2008
By: edited by Wolfgang Bendek ... [et al.].
Contributors: Benedek, Wolfgang.; Austria. Bundesministerium für europäische und internationale Angelegenheiten.; European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (Graz, Austria); Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Menschenrechte.
Series: Studienreihe des Ludwig Boltzmann Instituts für Menschenrechte -- Bd. 16; Studienreihe des Ludwig Boltzmann Instituts für Menschenrechte -- Bd. 16.
Publisher: Intersentia; Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Mortsel (Antwerpen); Wien
Language: eng
Number of pages: 537
ISBN-13: 9789050959230; 9783708305875
Subjects: Human rights -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: Conference jointly organized by the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights.

Includes bibliographical references.

English and French.
Table of contents: title: Video message on the 15th anniversary of the world conference on human rights /  Ban Ki-Moon; title: 15 years after Vienna : OHCHR developments and challenges / Kyung-wha Kang; title: Individual accountability for human rights violations / Juan Méndez; title: Statement of the secretary-general's special advisor on the prevention of genocide / Francis Deng; title: The role of civil society and human rights defenders in the national implementation of international human rights standards / Hina Jilani; title: Bringing the message home : the domestication of human rights-developments and challenges concerning institutions active in the promotion and protection of human rights at national and regional level, in Europe and elsewhere / Morten Kjaerum; title: The road to Vienna : negotiating the Vienna declaration and programme of action / Zdzislaw Kedzia; title: Translating the VDPA into reality : the creation of the office of the high commissioner for human rights / José Ayala-Lasso; title: Vienna declaration and programme of action : key outcomes, results and achievements / Manfred Nowak; title: Background paper :challenges to national implementation of international human rights standards / Manfred Nowak; title: Contemporary challenges of international protection / Bertrand Ramcharan; title: Fifteen years after Vienna : the role of national human rights institutions / Jennifer Lynch; title: The role of OHCHR in promoting national human rights institutions / Gianni Magazzeni; title: National action plans for human rights : achievements and challenges : the Swedish experience / Camilla Goldbeck-Löwe.; title: The role of parliaments in promoting and protecting human rights / Ingeborg Schwarz; title: Controlling normative state acts in international law / Carlos Ayala Corao ;; title: Challenges to national implementation of international human rights standards : the role of civil society : an NGO perspective from Nepal / Mandira Sharma -- Challenges to national implementation of international human rights standards : human rights defenders in the east and Horn of Africa / Hassan Shire Sheikh -- The challenges on the way to the implementation of international human rights law in Iran / Narges Mohammadi -- Eradication of torture through national preventive mechanisms / Mark Thomson -- Effective exercise of the rights of persons with disabilities / Marianne Schulze -- The  Austrian national plan of action for the rights of children and adolescents : some facts and critical reflections / Helmut Sax --The impact of the media / Rubina Möhring --  Background paper : human rights for all : how to spread the message / Wolfgang Benedek -- NGO efforts for human rights education and learning within the framework of the United Nations / Kazunari Fujii -- Connecting the international human rights education movement / Frank Elbers -- UN decade on human rights education : an NGO perspective / Shulamith Koenig -- Know human rights, claim human rights / Satya Brata Das -- The role of the national human rights commission of Korea in promoting human rights education : practical insights / Kyong-Whan Ahn -- Human rights education in Ethiopia : role of the national commission on human rights / Getahun Kassa.; title: Towards a global aproach to human rights education : a call for action / Antonio Papisca; title: How we are spreading the message in Kenya : case of Korogocho / Rose Nyawira; title: Human rights education for the judiciary to improve access to justice for all / Klaus Starl; title: Country practices on HREL from different regions : European examples of HRE-programs / Claudia Mahler; title: Human rights education in Kosovo : challenges ahead / Valon Murati; title: Human rights education in Thailand : bridging the academic world to the struggle on the ground at the office of human rights studies and social development / Chua Bencharat; title: Human rights education in Chinese universities / Guimei Bai; title: Human rights education in the Russian federation : current conditions /  Anatoly Azarov; title: Human rights for all : promoting human rights and migrants' rights in Morocco / Khadija Elmadmad; title: Experience of action professionals' association for the people in human rights education / Kidist Alemu; title: Using the new information technology : creating a 'web.2' environment for human rights / Michael Platzer; title: European master degree in human rights and democratisation (E.MA) / Anja Mihr; title: Background paper : the role of UN human rights mechanisms and the OHCHR in the promotion and protection of human rights / Eva Schöfer; title: The special procedures of the United Nations and national implementation : opening 'windows' dynamically / Vitit Muntarbhorn; title: The role of UN treaty bodies at the national level / Morten Kjærum; title: The role of UN human rights mechanisms and OHCHR in the promotion and protection of women's human rights / Dubravka Simonovic and Jane Connors.; title: Le rôle des institutions regionales des droits de l'homme et le lien avec les mécanismes des Nations Unies en charge des droits de l'homme : cas de la commission Africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples / Soyata Maiga; title: Revisiting the Unicorn : the inter-American commission on human rights at the eve of its 50th anniversary / Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro; title: UN human rights mechanism and their counterparts in the Council of Europe : what role for the ox? / Renate Kicker; title: The role of UN human rights mechanisms and OHCHR in the promotion and protection of human rights in South Africa / Jody Kollapen; title: Sustaining scrutiny : lessons from treaty body follow up procedure / Felice Gaer; title: Human rights in post-conflict countries : a work in progress / William G. O'Neill; title: The role of UN country teams in the promotion and protection of human rights / Patrick van Weerelt; title: The engagement of NGOs with OHCHR field activities : a practical approach / Ramón Cadena Ramila; title: Fifteen years after Vienna : UNHCR and human rights / Naveed Hussain; title: 15 years VDPA : milestones and challenges / Martin I. Uhomoibhi; title: The United Naitons human rights system : perspectives for the future / Soussan Raadi-Azarakhchi; title: Les droits de l'homme pour tous : comment diffuser le message? / Jean-Marie Ehouzou; title: The work of the human rights mechanisms and recommendations on how to increase its implementation / Isabelle Scherer.