Role of Human Rights in Foreign Policy

Informationen zum Autor PETER R. BAEHR is Honorary Professor of Human Rights and a former Director of the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) at Utrecht University. He has served as Staff Director and later member of the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) in The Hague. He is a member of the Commission on Human Rights of the Netherlands Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV). He has been Professor of International Relations at the University of Amsterdam and Professor of Human Rights and Foreign Policy at Leiden University. MONIQUE CASTERMANS-HOLLEMAN is sometime Assistant Professor of Human Rights and Foreign Policy at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Her publications include Human Rights in the Foreign Policy of the Netherlands (2002, with Peter R. Baehr and Fred Grünfeld). Klappentext Governments use human rights both as a tool and as an objective of foreign policy. The Role of Human Rights in Foreign Policy analyses conflicting policy goals such as peace and security, economic relations and development co-operation. The use of diplomatic, economic and military means is discussed, together with the role of state actors, intergovernmental organizations and non-state actors. Zusammenfassung Governments use human rights both as a tool and as an objective of foreign policy. The Role of Human Rights in Foreign Policy analyses conflicting policy goals such as peace and security, economic relations and development co-operation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword; P.Kooijmans Preface Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the Third Revised Edition Introduction Contemporary Issues Dilemmas of Foreign Policy Policy Instruments State Actors and Intergovernmental Organizations Non-State Actors Concluding Observations Appendix: Universal Declaration of Human Rights Notes and References Bibliography Index

List of contents

Foreword; P.Kooijmans Preface Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the Third Revised Edition Introduction Contemporary Issues Dilemmas of Foreign Policy Policy Instruments State Actors and Intergovernmental Organizations Non-State Actors Concluding Observations Appendix: Universal Declaration of Human Rights Notes and References Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Baehr, P Baehr, P. Baehr, Peter R. Baehr, Peter R. Castermans-Holleman Baehr, BAEHR PETER R CASTERMANS HOLLEMA, M Castermans-Holleman, M. Castermans-Holleman, Monique Castermans-Holleman
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.12.2003
• EAN: 9781403904638
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-0463-8
• No. of pages: 177
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; B, Human Rights, Political Science, International Relations, International Law, foreign policy, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Private International Law, Conflict of Laws, Social Justice, comparative law, Human rights, civil rights, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, conflict;foreign policy;government;human rights;Policy