The pattern revealed is one of deliberate ambiguity. On some issues and in some forums, Canada has acted vigorously to promote human rights internationally, as in the United Nations Human Rights Commission, the United Nations Committee on Human Rights, and the Conference on Security and Cooperation
Human Rights in Canadian Foreign Policy
β Scribed by R. Matthews
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 388
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Concern for international human rights is well entrenched in the rhetoric of Canadian foreign relations. This book is one of the first comprehensive efforts to present, assess, and explain the actual effect which this concern has had on Canada's foreign policy.
β¦ Table of Contents
Cover
Contents
Preface
1 Introduction: Concepts and Instruments
PART ONE: DOMESTIC CONTEXT
2 Human Rights in Domestic Politics and Policy
3 Cabin'd, Cribb'd, Confin'd?: Canada's Interest in Human Rights
4 Human Rights and Foreign PolicyβMaking
PART TWO: INTERNATIONAL FORUMS
5 The UN Commission on Human Rights
6 The Human Rights Committee
7 The International Labour Organization
8 The Helsinki Process
9 International Financial Institutions
PART THREE: BILATERAL DIPLOMACY
10 Development Assistance
11 Military Sales
12 "America's Backyard": Central America
13 The Polish Case
14 Black Africa and South Africa
15 Conclusion: Questions and Prospects
Notes
Index
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Contributors
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