Suchergebnisse

1 International Human Rights Activity -- A. Prior to the United Nations -- B. The United Nations and Human Rights -- C. Achievements of the United Nations -- D. NGOS and Human Rights at the United Nations -- E. The Nature of the Problem -- 2 The Development of the High Commissioner Proposal -- The Cassin proposals -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees -- The proposals of the Consultative Council of Jewish Organizations and of Uruguay -- Revival -- The Costa Rica draft in the works -- The Working Group's draft -- The Commission on Human Rights approves -- ECOSOC approves -- In the Assembly -- 3 The Functions of the High Commissioner -- Subject matter -- Analogy with an Ombudsman -- General duty to assist in promoting and encouraging -- Subparagraph (a): advice and assistance to UN organs -- Subparagraph (b): assistance and services to states -- Subparagraph (c): communications -- Subparagraph (d): reporting -- A wider view of subparagraph (d): a "good offices" function -- Some general considerations -- The exhaustion of domestic remedies -- Discretion versus publicity in the High Commissioner's operations -- The prospects for evolution -- 4 Some Administrative Matters and the Issue of Collegiality -- Appointment and financing -- Relations with the Secretary-General -- Relationship with implementation organs -- The panel of expert consultants -- 5 The Constitutionality of the Office, Particularly in the Light of Article 2, Paragraph 7 of the Charter -- A. Article 2, Paragraph 7 of the Charter -- B. The Argument that the Charter Requires a Collegiate Body and not an Individual -- C. The Argument that Individuals can not be Subjects of International Law -- 6 The High Commissioner as a Law Promotor Rather Than a Law Enforcer -- The High Commissioner as part of a political process -- The High Commissioner as a catalyst for the creation of international customary law -- A promotor, not an enforcer or protector -- 7 Conclusions -- The High Commissioner would not be a mere stop-gap -- An unwelcome proliferation? -- Why not leave the job to the Secretary-General? -- The implications of the proposal for international organization -- The advantages -- What the future holds -- Appendix I Resolution Adopted by the Economic and Social Council at Its 1479th Plenary Meeting on 6 June 1967 (Question concerning the implementation of human rights through a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights or some other appropriate international machinery) -- Appendix II United Republic of Tanzania: Amendments to Draft Resolution IV Approved by the Commission on Human Rights at Its Twenty-Third Session on the Question Concerning the Implementation of Human Rights through a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights or Some Other Appropriate International Machinery -- Appendix III Outline of Headings Sent to States by the Secretary-General When Inviting Reports on Civil and Political Rights for the Period 1 July 1965 to 30 June 1968.

Preliminary Material /Suzannah Linton , Gerry Simpson and William A. Schabas -- 1 Appreciation /José Ramos-Horta -- 2 Tribute /Tuiloma Neroni Slade -- 3 Laudatio: In Honour of Roger S. Clark /M. Cherif Bassiouni -- 4 Roger Clark: A Personal Tribute /William A. Schabas -- 5 Roger Avant-Garde /Gerry Simpson -- 6 Germany and the Crime of Aggression /Claus Kreß -- 7 Mobilising Law on the Side of Peace: Security Council Reform and the Crime of Aggression /Brian J. Foley -- 8 From the Shoulders of Giants: Harold Nicolson's Peacemaking 1919 and the Congress of Vienna /Pam Jenoff -- 9 The Rule of Law, the International Justice System and Africa /Daniel David Ntanda Nsereko -- 10 Global Citizenship /Kennedy Graham -- 11 From Dr Strangelove to Dr Suess: Contributions of Professor Roger Clark on the Legal Norm against Nuclear Weapons /Alyn Ware -- 12 Updating the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners /Nigel S. Rodley , Andrea Huber and Lorna McGregor -- 13 The High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Legal Obligation of Corporations to Respect International Human Rights Norms /Chile Eboe-Osuji -- 14 Human Rights as International Constitutional Law /Bertrand G. Ramcharan -- 15 Human Rights in Foreign Policy: Can Realism be Liberalized? /David P. Forsythe -- 16 West Papuan Self-determination New Indigenous Rights or Oldfashioned Genocide? /Catherine J. Iorns Magallanes -- 17 'Professor Clark, What Can We Do about the Western Sahara?' /Suzannah Linton -- 18 Forks in the Road: Personal Reflections on Negotiating the Kampala Amendments on the Crime of Aggression /Christian Wenaweser and Stefan Barriga -- 19 The Elusive Essence of Crimes against Humanity /Margaret M. deGuzman -- 20 Towards a New Global Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity /Leila Nadya Sadat -- 21 Challenges in Applying Article 8 of the Rome Statute /Tim McCormack -- 22 Perpetrators (Article 25 (3) of the ICC Statute) /Thomas Weigend -- 23 The Limited Reach of Superior Responsibility /Shane Darcy -- 24 Possession as a Criminal Offence and the Function of the Mental Element: Reflections from a Comparative Perspective /Kai Ambos -- 25 Of War-Councils and War-Mongering: Considering the Viability of Incitement to Aggression /Gregory S. Gordon -- 26 Individual Criminal Responsibility: Of 'Dog's Law', Offending against Sound Popular Feeling, Semi-colons and Commas /Kenneth J. Keith -- 27 The 2012 Protocol on the Illicit Trade in Tobacco: Signpost to the Future of Transnational Criminal Law? /Neil Boister -- 28 Roger Clark's Role in the Removal of Capital Punishment from the American Law Institute's Model Penal Code /Ellen S. Podgor -- 29 Customary International Law as the Rule of Decision in Human Rights Litigation in the US Courts /Joseph W. Dellapenna -- 30 Human Rights Treaties in and beyond the Senate: The Spirit of Senator Proxmire /Jean Galbraith -- 31 Judicial Review of Decision-Making Engaging Public Practices and Other Manifestations of Faith: Lessons from Roger Clark and Beatty volume Gillbanks /David J. Mullan -- 32 The Alien Tort Statute, Kiobel, and the Struggle for Human Rights Accountability /Beth Stephens.