With the proliferation of international organizations and their ever increasing role in a wide range of policy fields, situations multiply in which human rights

Establishes a framework for analyzing and assessing the accountability mechanisms of international organizations, and applies it to three case studies.

This book explores the promise and limitations of international criminal law as a means of enforcing international human rights and humanitarian law. It analyse

In December 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the International Law Commission's articles on the responsibility of international organizations,

Business corporations can and do violate human rights all over the world, and they are often not held to account. Emblematic cases and situations such as the st