Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, at Read the introductory material on the webpage and the Guiding Principles. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, at Read the introductory material on the webpage and the Declaration. The Universal Declaration is not a treaty rather it was a resolution, adopted by the – General Assembly in 1948. We will discuss in class how such measures might take on the force of law, even if they are not treaties. (class focus largely on Responsibility to Protect). Readings for October 3 1. Weiss et al. Chapter 7-8 The United Nations and Changing World Politics, (“Applying Human Rights Standards, The Roles of the First and and Third UN in Second UN” “The Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs: The Role of Independent Experts and NGOs”), pp. 183-230. 2. Secretary presentation to the United Nations General Assembly, 20 General’s September 1999. The Secretary General made this speech at the annual session of the UNGA. 3 International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, The Responsibility (2001). Please read the Foreword (vii-ix), the Synopsis (xi-xiii), Chapters to Protect 5 (pp. 1-46); and Chapter 7 (pp. 57-68, Operational “The Dimension”). 4. International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect, Paragraphs 138-9, World Summit Outcome Document (2005). This excerpt is from an Outcome Document of governments meeting in New York at the United Nations in 2005. It represents early acceptance, at least in principle, of the doctrine of the Responsibility to Protect. 5. International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect, Core Documents: The UN and R2P. Just read the page. This gives you a sense of some of the core documents. 6. UN Security Council Resolution (1973). This is the resolution authorizing action in Libya, in response to a government assault on the
Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, at Read the introductory material on the webpage and the Guiding Principles. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, at Read the introductory material on the webpage and the Declaration. The Universal Declaration is not a treaty – rather it was a resolution, adopted by the General Assembly in 1948. We will discuss in class how such measures might take on the force of law, even if they are not treaties. Readings for October 3 (class focus largely on Responsibility to Protect). 1. Weiss et al. The United Nations and Changing World Politics, Chapter 7-8 (“Applying Human Rights Standards, The Roles of the First and Second UN” and “The Third UN in Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs: The Role of Independent Experts and NGOs”), pp. 183-230. 2. Secretary General’s presentation to the United Nations General Assembly, 20 September 1999. The Secretary General made this speech at the annual session of the UNGA. 3 International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, The Responsibility to Protect (2001). Please read the Foreword (vii-ix), the Synopsis (xi-xiii), Chapters (pp. 1-46); and Chapter 7 (pp. 57-68, “The Operational Dimension”). 4. International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect, Paragraphs 138-9, World Summit Outcome Document (2005). This excerpt is from an Outcome Document of governments meeting in New York at the United Nations in 2005. It represents early acceptance, at least in principle, of the doctrine of the Responsibility to Protect. 5. International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect, Core Documents: The UN and R2P. Just read the page. This gives you a sense of some of the core documents. 6. UN Security Council Resolution (1973). This is the resolution authorizing action in Libya, in response to a government assault on the 5
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