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  • Contemporary Preventive Diplomacy

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    Series series Global Institutions
    The UN Human Rights Council provides a detailed insight into this important organization. The UN was founded in the hope that lasting peace would be built on the foundations of human rights and economic and social progress. In 2006 the Commission on Human Rights was replaced by the Human Rights Council as the principal UN body concerned with human rights. It is even possible that the council might ... Leer más

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    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
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  • Contemporary Human Rights Ideas

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    Written by a former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (2003–4), this book has been fully updated for a second edition and continues to provide a much needed, short and accessible introduction to the foundational human rights ideas of our times and shows that every government is under international obligation to respect and uphold universal human rights.Updates include:Discussion of the recent ... Leer más

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