The Human Rights Council and the Challenges of the United Nations System on Human Rights: Towards a Cultural Revolution?

INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE QUEST FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION: LIBER AMICORUM, pp. 193-241, V. Gowlland-Debbas, L. Boisson de Chazournes & M. Kohen, eds., Brill, 2010

25 Pages Posted: 23 Jul 2010

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Vincent Chetail

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (HEI)

Date Written: December 20, 2009

Abstract

The article retraces the difficult and sometimes tortuous path which led to the establishment of the Human Rights Council and it analyzes its implications for the UN human rights system.

Keywords: Human Rights Council, United Nations, Human Rights, World Court, Universal Periodic Review, Third World

Suggested Citation

Chetail, Vincent, The Human Rights Council and the Challenges of the United Nations System on Human Rights: Towards a Cultural Revolution? (December 20, 2009). INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE QUEST FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION: LIBER AMICORUM, pp. 193-241, V. Gowlland-Debbas, L. Boisson de Chazournes & M. Kohen, eds., Brill, 2010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1647746

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