The Human Rights Field Operation: Law, Theory and Practice

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Michael O'Flaherty
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2007 - Political Science - 467 pages
This work seeks to take stock of the development of human rights field operations of the United Nations and other intergovernmental organisations and to make a substantial contribution to the debate and understanding with regard to the sector's underlying doctrine.
 

Contents

An Introductory Analysis
1
2 The Fundamental Protection Function of the Human Rights Field Operation
31
3 The Legal Base for Human Rights Field Operations
47
4 Towards an Ethical Base for the Work of Human Rights Field Operations
69
Policy Politics and Practice
87
6 The Human Rights Field Operation in Partnership for Peace
105
7 The Human Rights Field Operation in Partnership for Security
125
8 The Human Rights Field Operation in Partnership for Transitional Justice
141
The International Committee of the Red Cross Experience
223
A Nongovernmental Organisation Experience Peace Brigades International
243
The United Nations Human Rights Field Operation in East Timor
265
The United Nations Human Rights Field Operation in Sierra Leone
287
The United Nations Human Rights Field Operation in Angola
317
Comparative Aspects of the Human Rights Field Operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Guatemala
343
18 The Human Rights Field Operations of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
361
19 Compendium of Resources Regarding Human Rights Field Operations of Intergovernmental Organisations
381

9 The Human Rights Field Operation in Partnership for Humanitarian Relief and Reconstruction
159
The United Nations Childrens Fund Experience
183
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Experience
207

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