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Creating the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the 1993 World Conference: (1 UN Human Rights in Practice)

Creating the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the 1993 World Conference: (1 UN Human Rights in Practice)


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This unique and timely collection describes the evolution of the human rights activities of the UN during the period 1987-97, with a focus on the 1993 World Conference of Human Rights and the subsequent creation and early years of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. All the authors were insiders - diplomats, NGO representatives, media personnel, independent human rights experts and UN staff members, including heads of the UN human rights programme – and all played active roles in the events concerned. The first UN High Commissioner, José Ayala Lasso of Ecuador, is among them. The volume draws on their experiences, perspectives and expertise.

It is thus with great enthusiasm that I welcome the efforts to record for history, and for humanity, what transpired at the dawn of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, for it is in knowing our past that we can better confront our future.
— José Ayala Lasso (From the Foreword)

This book contains valuable insight into the evolution of the Office and the need to build on its achievements, emphasizing its value as a powerful vehicle for change, progress, dignity and justice for all.
— Volker Türk (From the Preface)


About the Author :
Gudmundur Alfredsson is an Icelandic lawyer, with an SJD from Harvard Law School (1982). He held teaching positions at universities in Akureyri, Beijing, Lund, Nuuk, Riga, Strasbourg and Washington DC. He was Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (Lund) and a UN staff member (New York and Geneva). He is Editor of the International Journal on Minority and Group Rights and the Yearbook of Polar Law (Brill), and is the author of more than 250 scholarly articles and book chapters.

Gianni Magazzeni (MA, Yale University, 1983) served 39 years in the UN: first in disarmament, in NY, and then in human rights (HR), in Geneva. He was Special Assistant to the first High Commissioner for HR. In charge of technical cooperation/geographic teams/national institutions/UPR, he oversaw the rapid expansion in field presences, heading also the HR Component of UNAMI in Baghdad. He is currently President of UPR Info, a Geneva-based NGO.


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  • ISBN-13: 9789004724471
  • Publisher: Brill
  • Publisher Imprint: Martinus Nijhoff
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 476
  • Spine Width: 37 mm
  • Width: 155 mm
  • ISBN-10: 9004724478
  • Publisher Date: 16 Jul 2026
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: 1 UN Human Rights in Practice
  • Weight: 950 gr


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