This book provides a detailed analysis of South Africa’s actions on the UN Human Rights Council, examining the country’s positions on civil and political rights, economic rights and development, social groups whose rights are frequently violated, and abuses in specific countries.
The most detailed and comprehensive study of any country’s record on the UN Human Rights Council to date, this book demonstrates that despite occasional support for human rights, South Africa’s overall record ranged from opposing to failing to support human rights. This is compounded by an anti-Western or ‘anti-imperial’ edge to South Africa’s positions on the UNHRC. Using South Africa as a study case of a liberal country consistently behaving illiberally, this book therefore challenges the widespread belief in international relations theory, typically found in liberal and constructivist thought, that there is an alignment of domestic political society and foreign policy values.
Addressing ongoing debates since the presidency of Nelson Mandela about the place of human rights in South Africa’s foreign policy, South Africa and the UN Human Rights Council will be useful to students and scholars of international relations, human rights, international law, and African politics.
By:
Eduard Jordaan
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 540g
ISBN: 9781138609945
ISBN 10: 1138609943
Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
Pages: 196
Publication Date: 20 September 2019
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
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A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. South Africa, liberal order, and the future of human rights 2. The West, liberal order, and human rights 3. Country-specific human rights situations 4. The Universal Periodic Review 5. Civil and political rights 6. Gender, race, and sexual orientation 7. Economic rights and the right to development 8. Conclusion
Eduard Jordaan is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political and International Studies at Rhodes University, South Africa. His research focuses on human rights and the liberal international order.
