Part IV Activities of Organizations, Ch.12 Human Rights

Subject(s):

Human rights remedies — NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) — Humanitarian intervention — Membership of international organizations — Resolutions of international organizations — International organizations, practice and procedure

This chapter examines the express and implied powers of international organizations to address human rights issues, standard-setting by such organizations, and the structure and functioning of the bodies and institutions they have established to consider this issue. The analysis focuses on inter-governmental organizations, but the discussion refers at times to the vast array of civil society and non-governmental organizations that have contributed immeasurably to the development of human rights law, in particular through their formal and informal participation in the work of inter-governmental organizations, their subsidiary organs, and treaty bodies. In fact, the creation of some non-governmental organizations and civil society networks preceded and to a certain extent stimulated the formation of intergovernmental organizations.