Failing to Protect
Subtitle: The un and the Politicisation of Human Rights
Publisher: C. Hurst and Company (Publishers) Limited
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9781849044097
Subjects: United nations; Human rights
Description: Failing to Protect explains why the respect in which the UN is held is not matched by admiration for its practical attempts to safeguard human rights. The book shows how certain countries and political blocs manipulate and undermine the UN's human rights efforts and argues for urgent and radical reform at the international level.