000298446 001__ 298446 000298446 005__ 20250213113506.0 000298446 090__ $$a341.123 HEIA 126900 000298446 245__ $$aThe General Assembly 000298446 269__ $$a2020 000298446 336__ $$aBook Chapters 000298446 520__ $$aThis chapter examines the General Assembly, which is the United Nations' main deliberative organ. To the extent that it reflects the will of the majority of the UN members, it has some influence on the organization's general direction. It is the organ generally mandated to discuss and make recommendations on any question within the scope of the UN Charter, and it is specifically asked to initiate studies and make recommendations to promote, among other things, human rights. However, the General Assembly is an assembly of state representatives. This political composition can make it difficult to find agreement on which human rights deserve promotion, and which states, or rather which governments, should be singled out for censure. Nevertheless, the General Assembly has developed the international law and universal standards which underpin the world of human rights protection, improved the United Nation's institutional machinery, and authorized some important human rights-related field operations and investigative mandates. 000298446 580__ $$aIn: The United Nations and human rights : a critical appraisal. - 2nd edition. - Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 2020. - Pages 99-129 000298446 700__ $$aClapham, Andrew 000298446 8564_ $$95f28d588-ad3f-4dd0-ad4e-f4c91425a5d7$$s767278$$uhttps://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/298446/files/2_The_General_Assembly.pdf 000298446 901__ $$uInternational Law Department$$0319287 000298446 909CO $$ooai:repository.graduateinstitute.ch:298446$$pGLOBAL_SET$$pIHEID:Explore