Art.21 Adoption »
Philip Alston, Nigel Cantwell, John Tobin
From: The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Commentary
Edited By: John Tobin
This section is about Article 21 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child dealing with Adoption.
Part III Organs Monitoring Treaty Compliance, 12 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights »
Philip Alston
From: The United Nations and Human Rights: A Critical Appraisal (2nd Edition)
Edited By: Frédéric Mégret, Philip Alston
This chapter evaluates the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The Committee has devoted, and seems likely to continue to devote, much of its energies to streamlining and refining procedures and to laying the foundations upon which a serious effort can be made to promote respect for economic, social and cultural rights. In many respects, the Committee has confronted problems which are common to all of the treaty bodies. In other respects, however, the challenges that confront it and the context in which it must work are significantly different from those of the other committees. Among the many factors that tend to distinguish its task are: the lack of conceptual clarity of many of the norms reflected in the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; the ambivalence of most governments towards economic, social and cultural rights; and the absence of national institutions specifically committed to the promotion of economic rights qua rights.
Contents »
Frédéric Mégret, Philip Alston
From: The United Nations and Human Rights: A Critical Appraisal (2nd Edition)
Edited By: Frédéric Mégret, Philip Alston
Index »
Edited By: Frédéric Mégret, Philip Alston
From: The United Nations and Human Rights: A Critical Appraisal (2nd Edition)
Edited By: Frédéric Mégret, Philip Alston
Introduction: Appraising the United Nations Human Rights Regime »
Philip Alston, Frédéric Mégret
From: The United Nations and Human Rights: A Critical Appraisal (2nd Edition)
Edited By: Frédéric Mégret, Philip Alston
This introductory chapter provides an overview of the UN rights regime, which has changed dramatically in almost every respect. In normative terms, major new instruments have been adopted addressing the situation of persons with disabilities, disappearances, indigenous peoples, and many other groups, and the rights of LGBTI persons are now squarely on the agenda from which they were then almost entirely absent. In terms of staff, the relatively small Center for Human Rights has been replaced by an Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. These dynamics illustrate the extent to which the place of human rights within the broader constellation of global governance is susceptible to constant change. The chapter then considers what is, or should be, involved in the process of evaluating or appraising the effectiveness of the UN human rights regime as a whole and of individual human rights organs.
List of Contributors »
Frédéric Mégret, Philip Alston
From: The United Nations and Human Rights: A Critical Appraisal (2nd Edition)
Edited By: Frédéric Mégret, Philip Alston
Preface »
Frédéric Mégret, Philip Alston
From: The United Nations and Human Rights: A Critical Appraisal (2nd Edition)
Edited By: Frédéric Mégret, Philip Alston
Art.32 The Right to Protection from Economic Exploitation »
Philip Alston
From: The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Commentary
Edited By: John Tobin
This section is about Article 32 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child dealing with The Right to Protection from Economic Exploitation.
The United Nations and Human Rights: A Critical Appraisal »
Edited By: Frédéric Mégret, Philip Alston
