Kriangsak Kittichaisaree, Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, former Ambassador and sometime Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK

‘An excellent, highly informative and thought-provoking analysis of international human rights law and diplomacy.’

• ContentsPreface to the second editionPreface to the first editionPART I FEATURES AND OPERATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW1 Introduction to International Human Rights Law and Diplomacy 2 Human rights universalism: myth or reality? 3 United Nations human rights system: clash of politics, idealism and law 4 Regional human rights mechanisms: tailor-made for the locals? 5 International human rights treaty obligations: is everyone protected? 6 Complying with and enforcing international human rights law: can the bad guys get away with it? 7 Universalization of international human rights norms: reassessment PART II NEW DIMENSIONS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW 8 Human rights in cyberspace 9 Human rights at sea 10 Human rights and climate change 11 Human rights and global pandemics Appendix: treaty body monitoring procedures

Kriangsak Kittichaisaree, Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, former Ambassador and sometime Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK

‘An excellent, highly informative and thought-provoking analysis of international human rights law and diplomacy.’

• ContentsPreface to the second editionPreface to the first editionPART I FEATURES AND OPERATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW1 Introduction to International Human Rights Law and Diplomacy 2 Human rights universalism: myth or reality? 3 United Nations human rights system: clash of politics, idealism and law 4 Regional human rights mechanisms: tailor-made for the locals? 5 International human rights treaty obligations: is everyone protected? 6 Complying with and enforcing international human rights law: can the bad guys get away with it? 7 Universalization of international human rights norms: reassessment PART II NEW DIMENSIONS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW 8 Human rights in cyberspace 9 Human rights at sea 10 Human rights and climate change 11 Human rights and global pandemics Appendix: treaty body monitoring procedures

Kriangsak Kittichaisaree, Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, former Ambassador and sometime Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK

‘An excellent, highly informative and thought-provoking analysis of international human rights law and diplomacy.’

• ContentsPreface to the second editionPreface to the first editionPART I FEATURES AND OPERATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW1 Introduction to International Human Rights Law and Diplomacy 2 Human rights universalism: myth or reality? 3 United Nations human rights system: clash of politics, idealism and law 4 Regional human rights mechanisms: tailor-made for the locals? 5 International human rights treaty obligations: is everyone protected? 6 Complying with and enforcing international human rights law: can the bad guys get away with it? 7 Universalization of international human rights norms: reassessment PART II NEW DIMENSIONS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW 8 Human rights in cyberspace 9 Human rights at sea 10 Human rights and climate change 11 Human rights and global pandemics Appendix: treaty body monitoring procedures