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Between (Newsletter)
This is NGLS's highly-regarded flagship newsletter that provides system-wide
information on the activities of the United Nations in development and
human rights etc, on UN-NGO cooperation, and on NGO activities on key
issues on the UN agenda. It is published six times each year and distributed
in hard copy to some 6,000 NGOs and 1,000 members of the international
community worldwide.
NGLS
Roundup Series
This series of publications, around 12 editions per year, monitors and
reports in-depth on UN events, activities and issues including follow-up
to the UN world conferences in the respective Commissions of ECOSOC.
The
Crisis in Global Governance
A Report from the NGLS Consultation with Civil Society
Guide
to the UN System for NGOs
This is a directory that, in one or two pages per organisation, provides
basic information on the work of the entire UN system including contact
points for NGOs. It is updated every two years or so.
The
NGLS Handbook
This publication, updated every two years or so, provides in-depth profiles
of the UN agencies, programme and funds working for economic and social
development. In addition to information on each agency and its work programme,
the Handbook also describes how they cooperate with NGOs.
Development
Dossier
This series of publications allows independent development thinkers and
activists to analyse and discuss major issues on the international development
agenda. NGLS publishes at least one Development Dossier per year.
Voices
from Africa
This series of publications, with one edition published every 12-18 months,
is conceived as a vehicle to enable African NGOs and development activists
to present their experiences, views and proposals to the international
community regarding Africa's development "problematique". Each
edition is constructed around a broad theme.
Implementing
Agenda 21:
NGO Experiences from around the World
This collection of NGO contributions highlights dimensions of Agenda 21
implementation at the local level that might not otherwise be captured
by international dialogue. Articles describe NGO projects and other actvities
focused on UNCED follow up, and how UNCED's new approach to sustainable
development affected thinking, programmes and strategies.
Environment
& Development Files
This series of briefings and information updates, which was created during
preparations for the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development (UNCED), is produced for NGOs and others interested in international
policy dialogue and negotiations on sustainable development issues. A
sub-set of the E&D File entilted Sustainable Development Treaty Series
provides detailed summaries of existing treaties on sustainable development
and the processes leading up to their signing.
Intergovernmental
Negotiations and Decision Making at the United Nations: A Guide
This publication explains the governance and decision-making fora and
processes of the UN system. Section One explains the principal UN organs
of intergovernmental decision making; the negotiating blocs of Member
States at the UN; the various types of documentation; and the nature of
UN decisions and the weight they carry internationally. Section Two provides
practical knowledge, advice and guidance to non-governmental representatives
who wish to engage with the UN system, ranging from accreditation to the
preparatory process, to engaging in follow-up activities after a meeting.
Civil
Society Observer
Civil Society Observer is a bi-monthly package of documentation of various
kinds from all political persuasions to keep you informed of developments
related to NGOs and civil society.
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| Title | World Bank, IMF and Human Rights |
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| Author | Willem van Genugten, Paul Hunt and Susan Mathews | |
| Description | This book discusses the legal status of the World Bank and the IMF, in relation to human rights obligations and to issues in the political and economic field closely related tot that. At the end of the second world war the Untited Nations ‘re-invented’ the human rights and this led tot the adoption of many human rights instruments. The question is to what extent international organizations like the World Bank and the IMF are bound to live up to these human rights obligations. Alfredo Sfeir-Younis states in the first chapter that economists, economics and economic institutions will open up their doors to the human rights-based model whem the strength of a political consensus is such that the foundations of values will also change. Mainstreaming human rights into economic development is not a matter of economics but of political economy. Sigrun I.. Skogly adresses the debates of international accountability for human rights in light of the legal setting in which we find the World Bank and the IMF. Skogly discusses briefly the legal foundations and sources for human rights obligations of the two institutions, followed by a more detailed analysis of the content of the human rights obligations.The final section of the analysis will focus on what the institutions’ human rights obligations may amount to and the distinction between institutions’ obligations, states’ obligations and possibly shared obligations. Koen de Freyter gives a review of constitutional documents followed by an analysis of current operational policies. The final section deals with the question of wether any external responsibility arises from World Bank self-regulation on human rights. The conclusion returns to the strenghts and weaknesses of self-regulation. Paul Hunt discusses de relations between the UN committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and International Financial Institutions by looking at two particular dimensions of the relationship. Camilo Pérez Bustillo provides an introductory, critical overview of the characteristics and current status of World Bank policy and practises regarding the indigenous peoples of Latin America. Bas de Gaay Fortman reassesses poverty from a human rights perspective. Furthermore he analyzes current strategies for poverty reduction. Finally implications of a rights approach will be examined, first in general and then in regard to the International Financial Institutions in particular.In the final chapter Leif Jensen and Padma M. Karunaratne analyse the World Bank Institute by the question: ‘how do Bank programms and the thinking of staff stack up against the Bank’s overarching vision and strategy for poverty reduction?’. | |
| Author information |
Willem van Genugten is Professor of International Law at Tilburg University and Professor of Human Rights at Nijmegen University, both in The Netherlands Paul Hunt is
Professor in the Law Department at the University of Essex (England), Susan Mathews
is a human rights lawyer from India, presently doing her Ph.D at
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Editor:
Wolf Legal Publishers |
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Publication
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2003 |
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| Title | Civil Society |
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| Author | Michael Edwards | |
| Description | Is civil society the big idea for the 21st century? Or will the idea of civil society - confused, conflated and co-opted by elites - prove another false horizon in the search for a better world? By illuminating the uses and abuses of different theories and traditions in clear and engaging prose, this book will help readers of all persuasions to answer this question for themselves.Drawing inspiration and examples from history and contemporary experience, Islam and Christianity, South and North, and activists and academics, this book gives voice to a rich and diverse account of civil society in its many different guises. In moving systematically through theories of associational life, the good society and the public sphere, exploring the neglected connections that exist between them, and clarifying their implications for policy and practice, Michael Edwards provides a comprehensive, accessible and often humorous overview of one of the most important debates of our times.This book will be essential reading for students of politics, public policy, development studies and international relations. It will also be read by all those interested in the role of civil society in the media, policy-making and NGO communities. | |
| Author information | Michael Edwards is Director of the Ford Foundation's Governance and Civil Society Program. |
Editor:
Polity Press |
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November 2003 |
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