Table of Contents:
  • The place of human rights in the contemporary and globalised world
  • The conceptual and international development of human rights
  • Effectiveness of the UN human rights treaty bodies
  • Effectiveness of the UN Human Rights Council and its challenges
  • Effectiveness of the Office of the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights
  • The UN human rights special rapporteurs and their effectiveness in protecting human rights
  • Effectiveness of other UN Charter-based bodies and agencies associated with the UN
  • Reform of the UN human rights system and the judicialisation of human rights at the international level.