Bertrand G. Ramcharan is a distinguished author whose writings delve into the complexities of international relations and human rights. His background as a former United Nations official and his dedication to human rights initiatives inform his unique perspective. Ramcharan writes with clarity and insight, offering readers a profound understanding of intricate global issues. His contributions to literature provide valuable perspectives for those interested in global governance and the advocacy of human rights.
Focusing on the Security Council's protective practices and legal frameworks, this volume aims to enhance its protective function. It explores the doctrines and jurisprudence that underpin the Council's operations, providing insights into how these elements can be refined and applied in future scenarios. By documenting these aspects, the book serves as a resource for understanding and advancing the Council's role in international protection efforts.
Focusing on the UN's Agenda 2030, the book examines the slow progress on its five interconnected themes: conflict prevention, development, peace, justice, and human rights. It highlights urgent calls from various leaders, including the UN Secretary-General, emphasizing that the Sustainable Development Goals are unlikely to be achieved by 2030 without intensified efforts. Despite the challenges, there remains significant effort towards development, underscoring the complexity of achieving these ambitious global objectives.
Focusing on the International Court of Justice's potential future role, the book examines critical global challenges like climate change, environmental degradation, and pandemics. It posits that the ICJ, with its unique independence and expertise, is positioned to fulfill essential judicial, security, and protection functions within the United Nations framework. The discussion emphasizes the need for the ICJ to adapt and take on these responsibilities to address pressing survival issues facing the world.
This book offers an explanation and evaluation of preventative diplomacy in an age of increasing precariousness. It emphasises the importance of pursuing diplomacy and human security in connection with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) which promote development grounded in peace, justice, and universal respect for human rights. It explores and uncovers efforts to set up diplomatic channels designed to ensure relations between the great powers, intra- and inter-state conflict, terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, human rights, and the global watch over human security do not escalate out of control. Discussing evolving tensions between the United States and China, and the United States and Russia, this book recalls past examples of preventive diplomacy between them, and explores ideas for the exercise of preventive diplomacy in the future. Presenting evidence that contemporary preventive diplomacy is pursued not only by international or regional officials but also by nongovernmental organizations and individuals, the book emphasises the need to pursue and enhance a comprehensive effort to realize SDG16 and human security. The book contains a range of practical recommendations to improve preventive diplomacy and provides a unique optic into understanding the threats facing the planet. It will be of interest to scholars and students of diplomacy, security studies, global governance and practitioners in government and international organisations. .
