Review: Aid and Human Rights: International Human Rights
| Author | R.O. Matthews |
| Published date | 01 June 1996 |
| Date | 01 June 1996 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/002070209605100213 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
370
INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL
the
theoretical
questions
are
made
in
such a
manner
that
one
can
draw
insights
which
are
applicable
to
a
variety
of
issue
areas.
Overall,
this
is
a
balanced
and interesting
text.
Specifically,
it
is
of
value
for
an
upper
level
course
in
global
environmental
issues.
More
generally, it
would
be
of
interest
to
those
considering
the
multiple
dimensions
of international
co-operation.
Heather
A.
Smith/University
of
Northern
British
Columbia
INTERNATIONAL
HUMAN
RIGHTS
Jack
Donnelly
Boulder
co:
Westview,
1993,
xvi,
2o6pp,
US$39.9
5
cloth,
US$12.
95
paper
Jack
Donnelly
has
given
us
once
again
a
forceful,
well-written
overview
of
the
international
relations of
human
rights.
Focussing
on
post-World
War
II
(human
rights
were
rarely
an
issue
on the
international
political
agenda
before
then),
Donnelly describes
in
some
detail
the
way
states
and
other
international
actors
deal
with
human
rights.
As
one
would
expect
from
an
introductory
book,
Donnelly
begins
by
tracing
the
emergence
of
human
rights
as
an
issue in world
politics
from
the
adoption
by
the
United
Nations
General
Assembly
in
1948
of
the
Universal Declaration
of
Human
Rights to
the completion
of
the
two
Human
Rights
Covenants
in
1966,
the
development
of
monitoring
procedures
and
practices
in
the
196os
and
197Os,
and
the
creation
of
new
normative
instruments
in
the
1980s.
The
heart
of
this
book
can
be
found
in
two
chapters.
In
one
Don-
nelly
describes
the
decision-making
and implementation
procedures
developed
in
the
United
Nations
and
at
the
regional
level.
He
leads
us
step-by-step
through
the
workings
of
the
Human
Rights
Commission,
the
General
Assembly,
the Human
Rights
Committee,
and
single-issue
regimes
dealing
with
workers'
rights,
racial
discrimination,
torture,
and
women's
rights.
Not
surprisingly, he
finds
that
strong
procedures
exist,
as
in
the
European
human
rights regime,
where they
are
least
needed.
Recalcitrant
states
cannot
be
forced
to
change
their
ways.
In
the
final
analysis,
he
contends, implementation
of
human
rights
is
the
respon-
sibility
of
states.
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