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Additional authors

1. Wouters, Jan, 1964-

Description

1. xxiv, 625 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

1. With the proliferation of international organisations and their ever increasing role in a wide range of policy fields, situations multiply in which human rights are threatened or violated through the actions, operations or policies of such organisations. The present book, with carefully selected contributions from many prominent scholars and practitioners, is the first to explore these problems in a comprehensive manner and to examine the accountability mechanisms that are available. In a first, cross-cutting part, the contributions study general concepts, such as the accountability of international organisations as an evolving legal concept, international organisations as independent actors, the logic of sliding scales in the law of international responsibility and the relations between the international organisations and their Member States in regard to their respective obligations and responsibilities. The subsequent parts of the book focus on the accountability for human rights violations attributable to international organisations in four areas: (i) peace and humanitarian operations; (ii) international civil administration; (iii) economic governance; and (iv) staff of international organisations.

Series statement

1. International law

Uniform title

1. International law (Antwerp, Belgium)

Subject

1. International agencies > Rules and practice
2. Liability (Law)
3. Human rights
4. Droits de l'homme
5. Droits fondamentaux
6. Organisations internationales
7. Légitimité
8. Maintien de la paix
9. Droit humanitaire international
10. Aide humanitaire
11. Responsabilité politique
12. Congrès
13. Human rights
14. International agencies
15. human rights
16. violation
17. UN and specialized agencies
18. international organization
19. responsibility
20. international law
21. application
22. supervisory machinery
23. armed conflict
24. peace
25. international relations
26. governance
27. decision making
28. international civil servant
29. liability
30. international court
31. judicial procedure
32. arbitration
33. diplomacy
34. equal rights
35. role of ILO
36. role of IMF
37. role of World Bank
38. Internationella organisationer
39. Mänskliga rättigheter
40. droits de l'homme
41. ONU et institutions spécialisées
42. organisation internationale
43. responsabilité
44. droit international
45. mécanisme de contrôle
46. conflit armé
47. paix
48. relations internationales
49. gouvernance
50. prise de décision
51. fonctionnaire international
52. responsabilité civile
53. cour internationale
54. procédure judiciaire
55. arbitrage
56. diplomatie
57. droits égaux
58. rôle de l'OIT
59. rôle du FMI
60. rôle de la Banque mondiale
61. derechos humanos
62. violación
63. ONU y organismos especializados
64. organización internacional
65. responsabilidad moral
66. derecho internacional
67. aplicación
68. mecanismo de control
69. conflicto armado
70. paz
71. relaciones internacionales
72. gobernabilidad
73. toma de decisiones
74. funcionario internacional
75. responsabilidad civil
76. tribunal internacional
77. procedimiento judicial
78. arbitraje
79. diplomacia
80. igualdad de derechos
81. papel de la OIT
82. papel del FMI
83. papel del Banco Mundial

Genre/Form

1. Rules
2. comment.
3. commentaire.
4. comentario.

Contents

1. Accountability for human rights violations by international organisations : introductory remarks / Jan Wouters ... [et al.] -- Accountability of international organisations : an evolving legal concept? / Ige F. Dekker -- International organisations as independent actors : sweet memory or functionally necessary? / Niels M. Blokker -- Human rights and the rise of international organisations : the logic of sliding scales in the law of international responsibility / Olivier De Schutter -- Binding international organisations to member state treaties or responsibility of member states for their own actions in the framework of international organisations / Frederik Naert -- The 'Italian job' : how to make international organisations compliant with human rights and accountable for their violation by targeting member states / Matteo Tondini -- Human rights accountability of international organisations in the lead of international peace missions / Ulf Häussler -- Accountability of the United Nations : the case of Srebrenica / Peter R. Baehr -- On the social life of international organisations : framing accountability in refugee resettlement / Kristin Bergtora Sandvik -- Understanding the international territorial administration accountability deficit : trusteeship and the legitimacy of international organisations / Ralph Wilde -- Human rights accountability of international administrations : theory and practice in East Timor / Eric De Brabandere -- Should the United Nations create an independent human rights body in a transitional administration? The case of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) / Remzije Istrefi -- The ombudsman institution vs the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kososvo (UNMIK) / Gjylbehare Bella Murati.
2. Accountability of international organisations : an analysis of the World Bank's Inspection Panel / Rekha Oleschak-Pillai -- The accountability of the International Monetary Fund for human rights violations / Pierre Schmitt -- The World Trade Organization : an obstacle to enforcing human rights obligations? / Jeroen Denkers and Nicola Jägers -- TRIPs and human rights : access to cheaper AIDS medicines / Stefaan Smis, Stephen Sevidzem Kingah and Christine Janssens. -- Accountability of development agencies through the use of human rights indicators / Gauthier de Beco -- Accountability of international organisations for violations of the human rights of staff / Chittharanjan Felix Amerasinghe -- Human rights accountability of international organisations vis-à-vis their staff : the United Nations / Sarah Hunt -- Workplace equality in international organisations : why is it an illusory concept? / Osmat Azzam Jefferson -- An international organisation's point of view / Edward Kwakwa.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.