The Human Rights Industry: Reflections of a Veteran Human Rights Defender - Brossura

Zayas, Alfred De

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1949762521 ISBN 13: 9781949762525

Casa editrice: Clarity Pr, 2023

Riassunto

"The promotion and protection of human rights is a pillar of the United Nations, enshrined in the Charter, the international bill of rights, General Assembly resolutions and declarations, and buttressed by monitoring mechanisms, expert committees and regional human rights courts. Drawing on more than four decades of working in the field of human rights as UN staff member, rapporteur, consultant, member of UN expert panels, professor and NGO president, Alfred de Zayas examines how the tools of implementation of human rights serve to entrench political narratives promoted by the "industry"."--

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Informazioni sull'autore

Alfred de Zayas is a former UN Independent Expert on the Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order (2012-18), former senior lawyer with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Secretary of the UN Human Rights Committee and Chief of the Petitions Department (registrar). Zayas grew up in Chicago, holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a Ph.D., modern history from University of Gottingen, Fulbright Graduate Fellow in Germany. Retired member of the New York and Florida Bar, author of 9 books and more than 200 scholarly articles. He lives in Geneva.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Clarity Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2023
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1949762521
• ISBN 13: 9781949762525
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 329
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile