TY  - BOOK
AU  - Piccone,Theodore J.
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - Catalysts for change: how the UN's independent experts promote human rights 
AV  - JZ4974 .P53 2012
U1  - 341.4/8 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Brookings Institution Press
KW  - United Nations Human Rights Council
KW  - Human rights
KW  - International cooperation
KW  - Human rights monitoring
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Who are the UN's independent human rights experts? -- Findings on effectiveness: country visits and communications -- Independence under the blue flag: relationship with the United Nations -- Style matters: the quality of special procedures work -- Bringing implementation home: the role of states -- Working with the independent sector -- The future of special procedures -- Appendixes: A. experts working group members -- B. HRC Resolution 5/1, institution building -- HRC resolution 5/2, code of conduct -- List of independent experts -- E. human Rights Council members -- F. communications and country visits: examples of impact -- G. breakdown of state responses to communications -- H. status of country visits -- I. Note on methodology note -- J. Brookings/OSJI/UPR-Watch summary recommendations; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries
N2  - "Examines the effectiveness of a key endeavor by the United Nations to monitor and influence human rights through a unique body of independent experts, appointed by countries to investigate, analyze, and report on the whole spectrum of human rights problems around the world"--Provided by publisher
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=951312
ER  -