Book Review: The UN human rights system in the 21st century
| Published date | 01 June 2001 |
| Date | 01 June 2001 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/092405190101900226 |
| Subject Matter | News Books |
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Furthermore, this book probes into evidence
of
active and passive complicity by reviewing
aid to countries in which violations have been taking place and diplomatic initiatives
undertaken to shield violators from public opprobrium. Since international law is generated
through State practice, the book highlights the ongoing tussle between the pre-1946 heritage
of
silence and inaction and the 1946-1999 haphazard pattern
of
responses to violations.
Rights beyond borders: the global community
and
the struggle over human rights in China
/Rosemary Foot. - Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. - xi, 296 p.
ISBN: 0-19-829776-9
This bookexamines the development
of
human rights norms in the global system, and relates
that normative concern for human rights to the relation
of
key actors with China, especially
since June 1989. The book seeks to trace how the various parts
of
the international human
rights regimehave operated in combination, and why democratic governmentshave sustained
a human rights element in their policies towards China. By examining Beijing, it explains
why there has been some forward movement in China'sparticipation in the regime, and why
that level
of
participation has only reached a certain stage.
The UN human rights system in the 21st century / ed. by Anne F. Bayefsky. - The Hague:
Kluwer, 2000. - xx, 1116 p.
ISBN: 90-411-1415-7
This book aims to be a contribution to the effort to focus attention on effective
implementation
of
the United Nations human rights treaties. The contributors examine the
major implementation shortfalls
of
the UNhuman rights treaty system, and offer concrete
recommendations as to where future implementation efforts should be placed. Abig part
of
the book (pp. 345-1075) contains the text
of
treaties and UN documents.
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