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Jared Genser is an international human rights lawyer and Managing Director of Perseus Strategies, a public interest law firm. He has taught courses about the UN Security Council as adjunct faculty at Stanford Law School, Georgetown University Law Center, University of Pennsylvania Law School, and University of Michigan Law School. He holds a BS from Cornell University, an MPP from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and a JD cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School.

Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein is President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Peace Institute and Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, he served as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2014-2018 after a long career as a Jordanian diplomat, including as his country's Permanent Representative to the UN (2000-2007 and 2010-2014) and Ambassador to the United States (2007-2010). He received his PhD from Cambridge University.

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Human rights have been embedded in the work of the United Nations since its creation. The very purpose of the United Nations, set forth in the UN Charter, is to "reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights" and "encourag[e] respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms." Creating an efficient and effective machinery to do so, however, has been a persistent challenge. Not only are the human rights functions of the United Nations carried out by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and an array of bodies, agencies, experts, and mechanisms. But the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, which is supposed to drive the core human rights work of the United Nations, receives only some $200 million annually, less than four percent of the UN's regular budget.

The Oxford Handbook of the UN Human Rights System is the first comprehensive and compelling practical account of the human rights work carried out by the United Nations. It explains the various parts of the system, describes the functions, strengths, and weaknesses of each key body, and examines how each of the individual parts of this system and the broader system can be improved to deliver results for the peoples of the world. This book examines these questions over time, looking back at the historical engagement of each UN body with human rights, reviewing what each body is doing now and what it has achieved, and proposing practical and targeted suggestions for reform. Importantly, each chapter is authored by either current or former diplomats who have led each part of the system or by expert practitioners. Taken together, this Oxford Handbook provides a truly unique and first-ever view of the both entire system and its individual parts as they are today and how they can be harnessed going forward for greater impact.

Inhalt

• Part I. History of the UN Human Rights System

• 1: David Kaye: The UN Charter and International Human Rights Law

• 2: Kirsten Roberts Lyer and Philippa Webb: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• Part II. The UN Charter-Based System

• 3: John P. Pace: The UN Commission on Human Rights

• 4: Eric Tistounet and Juan Miramontes: The UN Human Rights Council

• 5: Vitit Muntarbhorn: UN Special Rapporteurs and Independent Experts

• 6: Brian Tronic and Jared Genser: UN Working Groups

• 7: Mona M'Bikay: The Universal Periodic Review

• 8: Michael Kirby: UN Commissions of Inquiry, Fact-Finding Missions, and Other Investigations

• 9: Graeme Reid and Hannah Pierce-Carty: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

• 10: Rosa Freedman: Politics and Politicization at the Human Rights Council

• 11: Stephen Hopgood: Knowing the Difference-A Critique of the UN's Role in Advancing Human Rights

• 12: Dubravka %Simonovi : The UN Commission on the Status of Women

• 13: Joachim Rücker and Skylar Gleason: The UN General Assembly and Human Rights

• 14: Bruno Stagno-Ugarte: The UN Security Council and Human Rights

• Part III. The UN Treaty-Based System

• 15: Suzanne Egan and Laura Notess: UN Treaty Body Strengthening, Coordination, and Reform

• 16: Photini Pazartzis: The Human Rights Committee

• 17: Aslan Khuseinovich Abashidze: The Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

• 18: Mehrdad Payandeh and Chinsung Chung: The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

• 19: Lia Nadaraia and Ashley Collins: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

• 20: Ann Skelton and Ashley Collins: The Committee on the Rights of the Child

• 21: Felice D. Gaer: The Committee Against Torture

• 22: Suzanne Jabbour and El na %Steinerte: The Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

• 23: Alan Desmond and Stephen Damianos: The Committee on Migrant Workers

• 24: Ariel Dulitzky: The Committee on Enforced Disappearances

• 25: Miyeon Kim: The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

• 26: Janet E Lord, William I. Pons, and Eric Rosenthal: The Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Broader UN System

• Part IV. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

• 27: Christen Broecker: The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

• 28: Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein and Stephanie Herrmann: Privilege No One

• 29: Navi Pillay and Elise Baranouski: Impartial Judge, Unwavering Advocate

• 30: Mary Robinson and Nicole Santiago: A Voice for Victims

• Part V. The UN Secretary-General and Cross-System Coordination

• 31: Craig Mokhiber: Coordination and Mainstreaming: Integrating Human Rights in the Work of the UN System

• 32: Andrew Gilmour and Michael Russo: Human Rights Up Front-A Return to Charter Values

• 33: Volker Türk and Sophie Pilgrim: The Highest Aspiration: A Call to Action for Human Rights

• Part VI. UN Special Advisers, Special Envoys, and Special Representatives of the UN Secretary-General

• 34: Karen Smith and Adama Dieng: The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and the UN Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect

• 35: Gordon Brown, Shaheed Fatima, and Andrew Hilland: The Special Envoy for Global Education

• 36: Salil Tripathi and Chris Fletcher: Business and Human Rights

• 37: Pramila Patten and Letitia Anderson: The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict

• 38: Radhika Coomaraswamy and Alec Wargo: The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict

• 39: Mikiko Otani: The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children

• Part VII. Engagement by Civil Society Organizations

• 40: Ted Piccone and Samuel Ritholtz: Civil Society and the UN Human Rights System

• Part VIII. Emerging Challenges to the UN Human Rights System

• 41: David Hunter: Climate Change and Human Rights

• 42: Lorna McGregor: Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• 43: Katharina Ó Cathaoir: COVID-19, Pandemics, and Human Rights