Human Security For All - A Tribute to Sergio Vieira de Mello (Paperback)

The tragic death in Baghdad in 2003 of Sergio Vieira de Mello, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, brought into bitter relief the challenges faced by peacekeepers and humanitarian aid workers. The contributors to this book, all leading scholars and practitioners, offer invaluable perspectives on many of the most important political, legal, social, and military challenges confronting humanitarian aid in a world of terror and conflict. These original essays explore such topics as human rights and the rights of the displaced, working with local communities to rebuild viable governance, justice, and the rule of law, and maintaining safe spaces for humanitarian relief programs in zones of conflict.The contributors are: Kevin M. Cahill, Joseph McShane, S.J., Sadako Ogata, Irene Khan, Francis Deng, Mark Malloch Brown, Ghassan Salame, Roland Eng, Jan Egeland, Peter Hansen, David Rieff, Jacques Forster, Dennis McNamara, David Owen, Richard Goldstone, Sasha Tharoor, and Jan Eliasson.

General

Imprint:	Fordham University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	International Humanitarian Affairs
Release date:	December 2004
First published:	December 2004
Editors:	Kevin M. Cahill
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-8232-2399-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > Aid & relief programmes Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General
LSN:	0-8232-2399-X
Barcode:	9780823223992

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