Human rights
Subtitle: a basic handbook for UN staff
Contributors: United Nations Staff College
Publisher: United Nations
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Geneva, Switzerland
Language: eng
Subjects: Human rights; International cooperation; United Nations
Description: This handbook has been developed to assist United Nations colleagues understand and appreciate the human rights system within the context of the United Nations Organization. The following chapters provide an overview of human rights instruments and developments; the role of United Nations organs in protecting human rights; the international mechanisms which have evolved to monitor implementation of rights and process complaints; strategies engaged to promote and protect human rights within the United Nations; and the role of [the High Commissioner for Human Rights] and other United Nations partners.