The UN as a human rights violator? Some reflections on the United Nations changing human rights responsibilities

Human Rights Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 314-342

  Mégret, Frédéric ^a   Hoffmann, Florian ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RIGHTS; IDEOLOGY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 0038320048     PISSN: 02750392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hrq.2003.0019     Document Type: Article

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