Honoring human rights / / edited by Alice H. Henkin.

• TeilnehmendeR: Henkin, Alice H.,
• Place / Publishing House: The Hague, The Netherlands ;, London ;, Boston : : Kluwer Law International,, [2000]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Notes: Includes index.

This collection of essays critiques human rights field missions that were part of large UN and other multinational peacekeeping operations during the period 1994 through 1997. The authors served as human rights officers for the missions, including those in El Salvador, Haiti, Cambodia, Guatemala, Rwanda, and Bosnia. The several chapters trace the evolution of the missions, the role of human rights within the peacekeeping process, and the relationship between monitoring abuses and rebuilding the institutions necessary for a rights-respecting civil society. Future peacekeeping ventures should benefit from the analysis of these operations and from the recommendations that conclude each of the two sections of the book.

Table of Contents

Preface -- A.H. Henkin . -- Part One : Honoring Human Rights and Keeping the Peace - Lessons from El Salvador, Cambodia, and Haiti. -- Introduction -- T. Hammarberg . -- The Experience of ONUSAL in El Salvador -- D. García-Sayán . -- UN Human Rights Activities in Cambodia: An Evaluation -- D. McNamara . -- Paper versus Steel: The First Phase of the International Civilian Mission in Haiti -- I. Martin . -- Peacekeeping and Human Rights in Africa and Europe -- A. Clapham, M. Henry . -- Recommendations. -- Contributors. -- Part Two : Honoring Human Rights - from Peace to Justice. -- Introduction -- T. Hammarberg, P. Gavigan . -- Postscript -- W. O'Neill . -- Combining Institution Building and Human Rights Verification in Guatemala: The Challenge of Buying In Without Selling Out -- L. Franco, J. Kotler . -- International Human Rights Operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina -- M. O'Flaherty . -- After Genocide: The UN Human Rights Field Operation in Rwanda -- I. Martin . -- Smaller Missions Bigger Problems -- A. Clapham, F. Martin . -- Staying the Course in El Salvador -- T. Whitfield . -- UN Human Rights Work in Cambodia: Efforts to Preserve the Jewel in the Peacekeeping Crown -- B. Adams . -- Institutionalizing Peace: The Haiti Experience -- C. Granderson . -- Recommendations. -- Selected International Human Rights Documents. -- Contributors. -- Index.