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In this first systematic examination of the role of the top United Nations human rights official, editors Felice Gaer and Christen Broecker analyze the achievements, leadership styles of, and obstacles encountered by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and propose recommendations for the future. The editors are joined by 18 expert contributors including present and former UN policymakers, human rights practitioners, legal scholars, and current High Commissioner Navi Pillay. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Conscience for the World examines how the six individuals who have served in this post have worked to end atrocities, hold perpetrators of abuses to account, promote equality and justice, and provide protection and redress to victims.

Human rights advocacy --- Human rights monitoring --- International agencies --- Human rights --- Monitoring, Human rights --- Advocacy, Human rights --- Social advocacy --- National human rights institutions --- Monitoring --- United Nations. --- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights --- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights --- Organizat︠s︡ii Obʺedinënnykh Nat︠s︡ii Verkhovnyĭ komissar po pravam cheloveka --- Oficina del Alto Comisionado de Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos --- OHCHR --- Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies aux droits de l'homme --- Office of the UN High commissioner for Human Rights --- Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights --- OACDH --- High-Level Working Group on the Health and Human Rights of Women, Children and Adolescents --- Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights --- HCDH (International agency) --- OACDH (International agency) --- OACNUDH (International agency) --- Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos --- OHCHR (International agency)