Protecting the Individual from International Authority
Human Rights in International Organizations

This book shows how international organizations have a greater capacity to violate human rights, but also take on responsibility to avert such harm.

Monika Heupel (Edited by), Michael Zürn (Edited by)

9781107170827, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 27 April 2017

370 pages
23.7 x 16 x 2.7 cm, 0.7 kg

'In our time, international organizations, having gained the authority to influence the lives of individuals through peacekeeping, sanctions, and development lending, have increasingly committed themselves to respect the human rights of those individuals. In this excellent, original, and rigorous book, the authors explore and explain the varied ways in which the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and NATO have committed to protecting the human rights of vulnerable individuals. Vital reading for all students of international law, international organizations, and global governance.' Mark A. Pollack, Temple University, Philadelphia

International organizations (IOs) develop institutional provisions to make sure that their policies do not violate human rights. Accordingly, whilst IOs have a greater scope of action and ability to promote collective goods than ever before, they also have a greater capacity to do harm. Based on ten case studies on UN and EU sanctions policy, UN and NATO peacekeeping, and World Bank and IMF lending, this book examines human rights violations which can arise from the actions of IOs rather than those of states. It further explains how powerful IOs have introduced human rights protection provisions and analyzes the features of these provisions, including differences in their design and quality. This book provides evidence of a novel legitimation strategy authoritative IOs draw on that has, as yet, never been systematically studied before.

1. Human rights protection in international organizations: an introduction Michael Zuern and Monika Heupel
2. Conceptual framework Monika Heupel and Gisela Hirschmann
3. UN sanctions policy and the protection of subsistence rights: fighting off a reputational crisis Monika Heupel
4. UN sanctions policy and the protection of due process rights: making use of global legal pluralism Monika Heupel
5. EU sanctions policy and the protection of subsistence rights: learning from the early mover Monika Heupel
6. EU sanctions policy and the protection of due process rights: judicial lawmaking by the court of justice of the EU Monika Heupel
Notes on chapters 3-6 Monika Heupel
7. UN peacekeeping and the protection of physical integrity rights: when protectors become perpetrators Gisela Hirschmann
8. UN peacekeeping and the protection of due process rights: learning how to protect the rights of detainees Gisela Hirschmann
9. NATO peacekeeping and the protection of the right to bodily integrity and the right not to be enslaved: domestic channels for NATO reform Gisela Hirschmann
10. NATO peacekeeping and the protection of due process rights: the OSCE and Council of Europe as advocates for the rights of detainees Gisela Hirschmann
Notes on chapters 7-10 Gisela Hirschmann
11. Human rights protection in World Bank lending: following the lead of the US Congress Monika Heupel
12. Human rights protection in IMF lending: organizational inertia and the limits of like-minded institution-building Theresa Reinold
Notes on Chapters 11-12 Monika Heupel
13. The rise of human rights protection in international organizations - results and theoretical implications Monika Heupel and Michael Zuern
Appendix I. List of interviews
Appendix II. Values of human rights protection provisions.

Subject Areas: Human rights [JPVH], United Nations & UN agencies [JPSN1], International institutions [JPSN], International relations [JPS]