New Dimensions in the International Protection of Human Rights and the Need for a New Human Rights Diplomacy - by Bertrand G Ramcharan (Hardcover)

About the Book

This ground-breaking book assesses the state of implementation of international human rights law, identifies new challenges in international protection, and calls for a new human rights diplomacy suited to the contemporary geopolitical situation of the world.

Book Synopsis

The twenty-first century is seeing a battle of ideas between different conceptions of governance: people-centred and party-centred. At the same time, scientific and technological developments are posing new challenges for human rights. This book identifies new dimensions in the international protection of human rights and makes the case for a new human rights diplomacy focusing on enlarging the area of common ground among governments and enhancing national human rights protection systems.

About the Author

Dr Bertrand G. Ramcharan has been Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Professor of International Law at the University of Ottawa, Professor of International Human Rights Law at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Fellow at Harvard University and Fellow at the LSE, Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurist, Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Deputy and then UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ad interim.
He served as member of an Eminent Persons Panel of the UN Human Rights Council dealing with human rights in Darfur, and as Commissioner on an ILO Commission of Inquiry on the human rights situation in Zimbabwe. He is the author of several books, including Contemporary Human Rights Ideas and Preventive Diplomacy at the UN.