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The research presented in this book provides a stakeholder analysis of human rights protection at a time when the region appears to be regressing into an insidious and deep authoritarianism. As political space shrinks in Southeast Asia, the book provides an insight into how civil society engaged with the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United Nations Human Rights Council during the first (2008-2011) and second (2012-2016) cycles. Throug...

This book offers an empowering approach to working with people with an acquired brain injury (ABI) based upon the views and perspectives of people with ABI themselves. Drawing upon Christine Durham's own ABI experience and Paul Ramcharan’s engagement in disability research over a quarter of a century, this volume gives voice to 36 participants with ABI, as well as carers and other professionals from both urban and rural areas. This unique pers...

Identifies the need for preventive human rights strategies, maps what exists by way of such strategies, and offers policy options to deal with the world of the future.

The Human Rights Council is already the subject of major public interest and controversy. The Council is already being criticized for having dropped some of the protection strategies of the former commission and this book aims to present a balanced view of the council, acknowledging where it has made positive contributions, point out its deficiencies, and identify options for improving the body’s future work.

With a Foreword by Professor Gudmundur Alfredsson, former Chair of the Advisory Board of the Worldwide Academy of WIPO This book is the first to examine the international intellectual property (IP) legal regime from the perspective of human security. The latter encompasses legal, development and human rights dimensions which, it is argued, must be integrated into the fabric of the IP regime. Fundamental human rights such as the right to life, ...

This is the first book ever written by a serving High Commissioner in the history of the institution. It is obligatory reading for all students and practitioners of human rights.

The quest for human security is a defining issue of our times. The international human rights norms define the content of human security. In the contemporary world, it is of the utmost importance to understand the linkages between human rights and human security. The relationship between freedom and security is also a central issue of our times. This is the first book ever to trace the links between human rights and human security. It provides...

Ever since its creation, the United Nations has sought to protect as well as to promote human rights. Those who campaigned for decades for the establishment of the post of High Commissioner for Human Rights did so in the hope that the High Commissioner would spearhead the efforts of the United Nations and the international community to protect those at risk or whose rights are being violated. How has the High Commissioner contributed to intern...

BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR BREAKING YOUR CHILD OUT OF THE PRISON HOUSE Has your child walked away from the teachings of the Lord, being caught up in the traps and snares of the enemy? Does it seem the more you pray, the more hopeless his case becomes? God has a plan in training your young person to keep him blessed and walking on the path of righteousness. The Lord called me to work in the prison house where I have been for more than nineteen years....

Human Rights and U.N. Peace Operations: Yugoslavia

The Fundamentals of International Human Rights Treaty Law

This work takes an in-depth look at the muli-faceted contemporary relationship between Singapore and Japan since the end of World War II. It is the story of a relationship between an economic superpower, Japan, and an enterprising city-state whose leaders have sought to emulate not only Japan's economic success but several key facets of Japanese society as well. No other country surpasses Singapore in its public admiration of Japan. How is it ...

The human rights idea is shaping the contemporary world. At long last, human rights are being given the prominence they deserve by the organs of the international community dealing with questions of peace and security as well as with development. How is the Security Council dealing with human rights imperatives? What does it see as the place of human rights in conflict prevention, peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding? How does it addres...

This is an autobiographical tale which readers will find both familiar and interesting. Many readers seek out stories of migration as a way to make sense of their own experience of it, or as a way to understand people whose experiences are different from their own. Canadian readers in particular are very open to stories that transport them to other locations and times, and this book will find an appreciative readership among them.

This is an autobiographical tale which readers will find both familiar and interesting. Many readers seek out stories of migration as a way to make sense of their own experience of it, or as a way to understand people whose experiences are different from their own. Canadian readers in particular are very open to stories that transport them to other locations and times, and this book will find an appreciative readership among them.

Since the sixties we have realized so, that love is so, the answer.

Since the sixties we have realized so, that love is so, the answer.

At the time of its original publication in 1982, this ground-breaking volume sought to identify fundamental norms and standards which could help to guarantee the quality and integrity of fact-finding reports. A lot has happened in human rights fact-finding since then. There are numerous human rights fact-finding rapporteurs within the United Nations system and within regional organizations, there are many international commissions of inquiry, ...