Standard-setting in UNESCO.

Standard-setting in UNESCO.
Author: Abdulqawi A. Yusuf
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 431
Release: 2007
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9004164502

Standard-setting represents one of the main constitutional functions of UNESCO and an important tool for realizing the goals for which the organization was created. In addition to conventions and recommendations, the declarations adopted by the General Conference promulgate principles and norms intended to inspire the action of member states in specific fields of activity. Topics addressed in the first volume include methods of elaboration and implementation, constitutional objectives and legal commitments, international collaboration, and impact. Volume 2 contains conventions and agreements adopted by the General Conference and by intergovernmental conferences convened by UNESO itself or jointly by UNESCO and other international organizations as well as the recommendations issued by the General Conference, and UNESCO declarations. Together, these two volumes compose an invaluable commentary and reference work that should be of interest to scholars, practitioners, diplomats, policy-makers and students of international organizations.--Publisher's description.

Standard-Setting at UNESCO

Standard-Setting at UNESCO
Author: Abdulqawi A. Yusuf
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2007-10-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9047422198

Standard-setting represents one of the main constitutional functions of UNESCO and an important tool for realizing the goals for which the Organization was created. In addition to conventions and recommendations, the declarations adopted by the General Conference promulgate principles and norms intended to inspire the action of Member States in specific fields of activity. This first of a two-volume work on Standard-setting in UNESCO contains the essays presented at a symposium held on the occasion of its sixtieth anniversary. Topics addressed in Normative Action in Education, Science and Culture include methods of elaboration and implementation; constitutional objectives and legal commitments; international collaboration; and impact. CO-PUBLICATION WITH: UNESCO

Cultural Property Law and Restitution

Cultural Property Law and Restitution
Author: Irini A. Stamatoudi
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0857930303

This invaluable book, for the first time, brings together the international and European Union legal framework on cultural property law and the restitution of cultural property. Drawing on the author's extensive experience of international disputes, it provides a very comprehensive and useful commentary. Theories of cultural nationalism and cultural internationalism and their founding principles are explored. Irini Stamatoudi also draws on soft law sources, ethics, morality, public feeling and the role of international organisations to create a complete picture of the principles and trends emerging today.

The 1970 UNESCO and 1995 UNIDROIT Conventions on Stolen Or Illegally Transferred Cultural Property

The 1970 UNESCO and 1995 UNIDROIT Conventions on Stolen Or Illegally Transferred Cultural Property
Author: Ana Filipa Vrdoljak
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 945
Release: 2024-02-29
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0192846884

Authored by leading scholars and practitioners from around the world, this Commentary is the first to offer an article-by-article commentary on the two leading multilateral treaties on movable cultural heritage in one volume: The 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property and the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects.

Culture and International Trade Law

Culture and International Trade Law
Author: Juneyoung Lee (Writer on foreign trade regulation)
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2023
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9004536396

In this book, Juneyoung Lee analyses the nexus between trade and culture, from domestic, regional and global perspectives, combining the multidisciplinary perspectives of international law, sociology and international studies.

Cases of the UNESCO Committee on Conventions and Recommendations

Cases of the UNESCO Committee on Conventions and Recommendations
Author: Leif Holmström
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 2144
Release: 2019-06-17
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004354034

This unique collection is being published on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the human rights procedure adopted in 1978 by the UNESCO Executive Board and also on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It provides an overview of the UNESCO procedure for the examination of communications alleging violations of human rights in UNESCO’s fields of competence - education, science, culture, communication and information. For the first time since the establishment of this procedure, all cases submitted to the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations from 1978 to 1988 which have been considered by the Committee, a total of more 350 cases concerning 60 States altogether, are being made public. The Committee operates under a procedure that stipulates confidentiality for 20 years. The cases are presented in chronological order and each includes a summary of facts as well as the Committee's discussion and decision. Tables of cases and statistics are included. This book is designed for all those who are concerned about and interested in human rights primarily. It will be a useful and practical tool for students, law professors, academics, human rights experts and human rights activists, and will be accessible to the general public involved in human rights and humanitarian affairs. It aims to provide the reader with a better understanding of UNESCO’s role in the protection of human rights through discreet action and consultation.

Human Rights in Global Health

Human Rights in Global Health
Author: Benjamin Mason Meier
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 617
Release: 2018-03-27
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0190672706

Institutions matter for the advancement of human rights in global health. Given the dramatic development of human rights under international law and the parallel proliferation of global institutions for public health, there arises an imperative to understand the implementation of human rights through global health governance. This volume examines the evolving relationship between human rights, global governance, and public health, studying an expansive set of health challenges through a multi-sectoral array of global organizations. To analyze the structural determinants of rights-based governance, the organizations in this volume include those international bureaucracies that implement human rights in ways that influence public health in a globalizing world. This volume brings together leading health and human rights scholars and practitioners from academia, non-governmental organizations, and the United Nations system. They explore the foundations of human rights as a normative framework for global health governance, the mandate of the World Health Organization to pursue a human rights-based approach to health, the role of inter-governmental organizations across a range of health-related human rights, the influence of rights-based economic governance on public health, and the focus on global health among institutions of human rights governance. Contributing chapters each map the distinct human rights efforts within a specific institution of global governance for health. Through the comparative institutional analysis in this volume, the contributing authors examine institutional dynamics to operationalize human rights in organizational policies, programs, and practices and assess institutional factors that facilitate or inhibit human rights mainstreaming for global health advancement.

Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, 2001

Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, 2001
Author: Jochen Abr Frowein
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 782
Release: 2001-11-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9789041117236

Now in its fifth year, the "Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law" is becoming a much sought-after forum for essays by the most distinguished professors in international law. These essays cover a variety of topics related to the activities of the United Nations: from the role of the Security Council to UN treaties, from environmental issues to humanitarian law. The "Yearbook" also contains essays e.g. on the World Bank, the IAEA, and the WTO. Volume 5 focuses in particular on the international dispute settlement system with articles on the activities of international courts and tribunals as well as the contributions to settlement of disputes by other institutions such as the World Bank Inspection Panel. But there are also tackled subjects as the future of peace-keeping, the UN Transitional Administration in Kosovo and East Timor, as well as human rights and their implementation. This book is a must-have for any academic involved in international law. For more information on this yearbook please visit the website of the Max Planck Institute

The UNESCO Memory of the World Programme

The UNESCO Memory of the World Programme
Author: Ray Edmondson
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2019-11-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3030184412

The volume “The UNESCO Memory of the World Programme: Key Aspects and Recent Developments” responds to the growing interest in the scientific study of the Memory of the World Programme (MoW) and its core concept of documentary heritage, which has received little attention from scholarship so far. This sixth publication in the Heritage Studies Series provides a first collection of differing approaches (including reflected reports, essays, research contributions, and theoretical reflections) for the study of the MoW Programme, offering a basis for follow-up activities. The volume, edited by Ray Edmondson, Lothar Jordan and Anca Claudia Prodan, brings together 21 scholars from around the globe to present aspects deemed crucial for understanding MoW, its development, relevance and potential. The aim is to encourage academic research on MoW and to enhance the understanding of its potential and place within Heritage Studies and beyond.