Peace on Earth and Goodwill to Men
In: Human Rights Quarterly, Band 14, Heft 3, S. 429
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In: Human Rights Quarterly, Band 14, Heft 3, S. 429
In: Human rights quarterly: a comparative and international journal of the social sciences, humanities, and law, Band 14, Heft 3, S. 429
ISSN: 0275-0392
In: International relations: the journal of the David Davies Memorial Institute of International Studies, Band 10, Heft 2, S. 117-127
ISSN: 1741-2862
In: International relations: the journal of the David Davies Memorial Institute of International Studies, Band 10, Heft 2, S. 117-127
ISSN: 0047-1178
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In: International relations: the journal of the David Davies Memorial Institute of International Studies, Band 10, S. 117-127
ISSN: 0047-1178
Includes a list of major human rights instruments in force as of Jan. 1990.
In: Études internationales: revue trimestrielle, Band 18, Heft 3, S. 601
ISSN: 0014-2123
In: Études internationales, Band 18, Heft 3, S. 601
ISSN: 1703-7891
In: Human Rights Quarterly, Band 6, Heft 4, S. 539
In: Human Rights Quarterly, Band 5, Heft 4, S. 387
In: Human rights quarterly: a comparative and international journal of the social sciences, humanities, and law, Band 5, Heft 4, S. 387
ISSN: 0275-0392
In: The Canadian yearbook of international law: Annuaire canadien de droit international, Band 15, S. 403-404
ISSN: 1925-0169
In: Journal of Asian and African studies: JAAS, Band 5, Heft 4, S. 318-319
ISSN: 1745-2538
In: American journal of international law: AJIL, Band 62, Heft 4, S. 869-888
ISSN: 2161-7953
The United Nations Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and the Protection of Minorities has an interest which is belied by its subordinate position in the international hierarchy. Apart from the intrinsic interest of the work in which it is engaged—work at the very heart of some of the most hotly debated issues in the United Nations—the Sub-Commission, because of the manner of its composition, possesses certain characteristics which differentiate it significantly from most other United Nations organs. Like the now defunct Sub-Commission on Freedom of Information and of the Press which was created at the same time, it consists, in theory, at least, of experts acting in their individual capacity, an arrangement which—because it gave its members a degree of independence not possessed by representatives of governments—would, it was hoped, permit them to contribute to the solution of certain problems in ways not possible to the latter. How has this arrangement worked in practice, if at all? Does the Sub-Commission really act as a body of independent experts, or are its decisions motivated by the same kind of political considerations which motivate its superior bodies? Why has it so singularly failed to make any contribution towards the protection of minorities? "What have been its successes and what is its future?
In: International journal / Canadian Institute of International Affairs, Band 4, Heft 4, S. 351-361
ISSN: 2052-465X