This book contains a systematic assessment of the content and scope of obligations to prevent gross human rights violations. There has been a great deal of atte

1. The UN Special Rapporteurs.

BL Explains why the respect in which the UN is held is not matched by admiration for its practical attempts to safeguard human rights.

Justifies a two-track approach that includes individual and systemic remedies in both domestic and international human rights law.

International crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes as well as other gross human rights violations are manifestations of collective vi