New institutions for human rights protection / edited by Kevin Boyle. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - xix, 217 p. ; 24 cm. - The collected courses of the Academy of European Law ; v. 18/2 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The United Nations Human Rights Council : origins, antecedents, and prospects -- Kevin Boyle -- The United Nations Human Rights Council, its special procedures, and its relationship with the treaty bodies : complementarity or competition? / Nigel Rodley -- Reforming the UN human rights protection procedures : a legal perspective on the establishment of the universal periodic review mechanism / Nadia Bernaz -- The EU Fundamental Rights Agency : genesis and potential / Olivier De Schutter -- A comparative and European examination of national institutions in the field of racism and discrimination / Isabelle Rorive -- Minority rights : norms and institutions / Gudmundur Alfredsson.

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United Nations.


Human rights.
International agencies.
Complementarity (International law)

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