TY - GEN AB - This chapter examines the General Assembly, which is the United Nations' main deliberative organ. To the extent that it reflects the will of the majority of the UN members, it has some influence on the organization's general direction. It is the organ generally mandated to discuss and make recommendations on any question within the scope of the UN Charter, and it is specifically asked to initiate studies and make recommendations to promote, among other things, human rights. However, the General Assembly is an assembly of state representatives. This political composition can make it difficult to find agreement on which human rights deserve promotion, and which states, or rather which governments, should be singled out for censure. Nevertheless, the General Assembly has developed the international law and universal standards which underpin the world of human rights protection, improved the United Nation's institutional machinery, and authorized some important human rights-related field operations and investigative mandates. AU - Clapham, Andrew CN - 341.123 HEIA 126900 DA - 2020 ID - 298446 L1 - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/298446/files/2_The_General_Assembly.pdf L2 - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/298446/files/2_The_General_Assembly.pdf L4 - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/298446/files/2_The_General_Assembly.pdf LK - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/298446/files/2_The_General_Assembly.pdf N2 - This chapter examines the General Assembly, which is the United Nations' main deliberative organ. To the extent that it reflects the will of the majority of the UN members, it has some influence on the organization's general direction. It is the organ generally mandated to discuss and make recommendations on any question within the scope of the UN Charter, and it is specifically asked to initiate studies and make recommendations to promote, among other things, human rights. However, the General Assembly is an assembly of state representatives. This political composition can make it difficult to find agreement on which human rights deserve promotion, and which states, or rather which governments, should be singled out for censure. Nevertheless, the General Assembly has developed the international law and universal standards which underpin the world of human rights protection, improved the United Nation's institutional machinery, and authorized some important human rights-related field operations and investigative mandates. PY - 2020 T1 - The General Assembly TI - The General Assembly UR - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/298446/files/2_The_General_Assembly.pdf Y1 - 2020 ER -