The UN Special Procedures in the field of human rights. Institutional history, practice and conceptual framework

  • Ingrid Nifosi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18543/aahdh-2-2005pp131-178
Keywords: UN Human Rights Commission, Special Procedures, Human Rights protection, monitoring, conceptual definition

Abstract

The Special Procedures established by the Human Rights Commission, which entail the appointment of international experts to deal with human rights questions in specific issues, has received little scholarly attention regarding conceptual and methodological definition. This study tries to fill the gap in the analysis of SPs by developing and putting forward a conceptual definition of the UN mechanisms in question. To this aim it will turn on three main questions: Are there some «constitutional elements» of SPs? What are the main features of SPs’ human rights activity? What is the significance of such activity in terms of Human Rights Protection and Monitoring?

Published online: 11 December 2017

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Author Biography

Ingrid Nifosi
Holds a PhD in International Law earned at Scholar Superior Santana of Pisa (Italy). At present she is a researcher at the Center for Development Policy and Management of University of Antwerp.
Published
2017-12-11
How to Cite
Nifosi, Ingrid. 2017. “The UN Special Procedures in the Field of Human Rights. Institutional History, Practice and Conceptual Framework”. Deusto Journal of Human Rights, no. 2 (December), 131-78. https://doi.org/10.18543/aahdh-2-2005pp131-178.
Issue
No. 2 (2005)
Section
Articles

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