Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Multifaceted Nature of International Law
- 2 International Institutions
- 3 Who Shall Enforce the Peace?
- 4 The Law of Armed Conflict
- 5 Arms Control, Disarmament, Nonproliferation, and Safeguards
- 6 Human Rights
- 7 International Environmental Issues
- 8 Causes of the Present Malaise, Concluding Observations, and a Prognosis
- Index
- References
6 - Human Rights
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Multifaceted Nature of International Law
- 2 International Institutions
- 3 Who Shall Enforce the Peace?
- 4 The Law of Armed Conflict
- 5 Arms Control, Disarmament, Nonproliferation, and Safeguards
- 6 Human Rights
- 7 International Environmental Issues
- 8 Causes of the Present Malaise, Concluding Observations, and a Prognosis
- Index
- References
Summary
In previous chapters we have examined various topics that have human rights dimensions. Chapter 2, for example, covers the U.N. Human Rights Council, international criminal tribunals, and hybrid courts; Chapter 3 the responsibility to Protect; and Chapter 4 the nature of the relationship between international human rights law and the law of armed conflict. These subjects, however, constitute only a small part of an increasingly vast and complex field.
For purposes of this chapter, therefore, it is necessary to make “hard choices” for what topics to cover. Certainly, one of the most controversial topics in the field of human rights has been the war on terrorism and international human rights, with a primary focus on alleged violations of human rights by the Bush administration, especially with respect to interrogation methods and the due process rights of detainees at Guantanamo Bay and other locations. The writings on this topic are legion, and I have briefly written on this topic myself. In this chapter, however, my focus is elsewhere. First, I attempt to evaluate the difference, if any, the adoption of large numbers of human rights treaties by the United Nations has made in terms of meeting the U.N.'s goal to protect and promote human rights. Next, with respect to the human rights dimensions of U.N. antiterrorism efforts, the chapter turns to the financing of terrorism, Security Council Resolutions 1373 and 1267, and the so-called al-Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee.
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- The Evolving Dimensions of International LawHard Choices for the World Community, pp. 204 - 247Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010