Monday, January 16, 2017

Nolan, Freedman, & Murphy: The United Nations Special Procedures System

Aoife Nolan (Univ. of Nottingham - Law), Rosa Freedman (Univ. of Reading - Law), & Thérèse Murphy (Queen's Univ. Belfast - Law) have published The United Nations Special Procedures System (Brill | Nijhoff 2017). Contents include:
  • Aoife Nolan, Rosa Freedman & Thérèse Murphy, Introduction
  • Elvira Domínguez-Redondo, The History of the Special Procedures: A ‘Learning-by-Doing’ Approach to Human Rights Implementation
  • Jane Connors, Special Procedures: Independence and Impartiality
  • Felice Gaer, Picking and Choosing? Country Visits by Thematic Special Procedures
  • Najat Maalla M’jid,The UN Special Procedures System: The Role of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures
  • Marc Limon, Strengthening Cooperation: The Key to Unlocking the Potential of the Special Procedures
  • Ahmed Shaheed & Rose Parris Richter, Coping Mechanisms for State Non-Cooperation
  • Inga T. Winkler & Catarina de Albuquerque, Doing It All and Doing It Well? A Mandate’s Challenges in terms of Cooperation, Fundraising and Maintaining Independence
  • Olivier de Frouville, Working Out a Working Group: A View from a Former Working Group Member
  • Ella McPherson & Thomas Probert, Special Procedures in the Digital Age
  • Jessie Hohmann, Principle, Politics and Practice: The Role of UN Special Rapporteurs in the Development of the Right to Housing in International Law
  • Surya Subedi, Life as a UN Special Rapporteur: The Experience of the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia
  • Daria Davitti, Business and Human Rights in the United Nations Special Procedures System
  • Paul Hunt, The Challenge of Non-State Actors: The Experience of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health (2002–08)
  • Malcolm Evans, The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture in the Developing Architecture of UN Torture Protection
  • Danielle Beswick & Jonathan Fisher, The African State and Special Procedures: Agency, Leverage and Legitimacy
  • Rosa Freedman & François Crépeau, Supporting or Resisting? The Relationship between Global North States and Special Procedures
  • Phil Lynch, Ending Reprisals: The Role and Responsibilities of the Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council