Book Review, Monika Heupel and Michael Zürn Protecting the Individual from International Authority: Human Rights in International Organizations (Cambridge University Press, 2017)

(2018) 15/1 International Organizations Law Review

Bocconi Legal Studies Research Paper No. 4101545

5 Pages Posted: 9 May 2022

Date Written: May 5, 2022

Abstract

Authority comes at a price. In this thought-provoking book, Monika Heupel and Michael Zürn document how international organizations (‘ios’) pay this price in terms of human rights protection. What brought international authority to develop a concern for human rights, which external and internal actors played a role, and how have human rights provisions been implemented? The two authors tackle these questions describing the various pathways in which the United Nations (‘un’), the European Union (‘eu’), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (‘nato’), the Word Bank (‘wb’) and the International Monetary Fund (‘imf’) have included human rights protection in their activities.

Keywords: human rights, international law, authority, international organizations

JEL Classification: K33

Suggested Citation

Gasbarri, Lorenzo, Book Review, Monika Heupel and Michael Zürn Protecting the Individual from International Authority: Human Rights in International Organizations (Cambridge University Press, 2017) (May 5, 2022). (2018) 15/1 International Organizations Law Review, Bocconi Legal Studies Research Paper No. 4101545, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4101545

Lorenzo Gasbarri (Contact Author)

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna ( email )

Piazza Martiri della Liberta, n. 33
Pisa, 56127
Italy

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