Open AccessSpecial Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council and Protection and Promotion of the Human Rights: Fact or Myth
Author(s) -
Bineet Kedia
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
kathmandu school of law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2773-8159
pISSN - 2091-2110
DOI - 10.46985/jms.v3ispecial.1002
Subject(s) - human rights , mandate , nexus (standard) , promotion (chess) , political science , commission , law , work (physics) , institution , law and economics , sociology , engineering , politics , mechanical engineering , embedded system
The article deals with the special procedure of UN human rights council in the first part where it discusses the origin and development of the special procedure and its nexus with UN Commission on Human Rights. Similarly, the article outlays the special procedure in Human Rights Council discusses its origin and development as well. The article also deals with the work and status of the special procedures experts and also discusses institution building process and review mandate. Then the article investigated the code of conduct that is to be followed by the special procedures mandate holder. After this the article looks into the merit and limitation of the special procedure. The article concludes with the analysis of the special procedure and its impact.