The quest for protection
Subtitle: a human rights journey at the United Nation
By: by Bertrand Ramcharan.
Contributors: United Nations. Commission on Human Rights.
Publisher: Human Rights Observatory
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: United Nations. Commission on Human Rights -- History.; Human rights -- International cooperation.; Humanitarian intervention -- International cooperation.; Minorities -- Protection -- International cooperation.; War victims -- Protection -- International cooperation.; Race discrimination -- International cooperation.
Table of contents: value: The quest for protection; value: The Commission on Human Rights examines petitions for the first time; value: A pioneering country investigation : Chile (1975); value: The quest for implementation : the covenants enter into force; value: Kamleshwar Das : the great practitioner and teacher; value: The first country rapporteur : Chile; value: The first thematics investigations : disappearances; value: The first thematic rapporteur : arbitrary execution; value: The Declaration of Human Rights defenders; value: The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights; value: A historic breakthrough : the Working Group on Indigenous Populations; value: Economic, social and cultural rights and the right of development; value: National human rights institutions; value: The second thematic rapporteur : torture; value: A mission to Haiti; value: Fire brigade and seed planting : the voluntary fund for advisory services and technical assistance; value: Reports and studies; value: Advocating human rights through writing for the Secretary-General : humanitarian intervention and and [sic.] minority protection; value: Prisoner of war camps in Iran and Iraq; value: Exodus from Bulgaria to Turkey; value: Quelling violence and saving lives in South Africa; value: Pushing for human rights in a war zone : Yugoslavia; value: African constitutionalism and minority protection; value: Protecting human rights in a war zone : Cote d'Ivoire; value: Promoting human rights in a crisis zone : Central Asia; value: Three world conferences against racial discrimination; value: Support for initiatives; value: Initiatives of the High Commissioner; value: Human rights information and education : the human rights passport.