Includes bibliographical references and index.

Human rights field operations : an introductory analysis / Michael O'Flaherty -- The fundamental protection function of the human rights field operation / Nicholas Howen -- The legal base for human rights field operations / Nigel D. White and Marco Odello -- Towards an ethical base for the work of human rights field operations / George Ulrich -- How human rights field operations are deployed : policy, politics and practice / Daniel Moeckli and Manfred Nowak -- The human rights field operation in partnership for peace / Bertrand G. Ramcharan -- The human rights field operation in partnership for security / William G. O'Neill -- The human rights field operation in partnership for transitional justice / David Marshall -- The human rights field operation in partnership for humanitarian relief and reconstruction / Michael O'Flaherty -- Protection : the United Nations Children's Fund experience / Karin Landgren -- Protection : the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees experience / Maria Stavropoulou -- Protection : the International Committee of the Red Cross experience / Alain Aeschlimann -- Protection : a nongovernmental organisation experience : Peace Brigades International / Liam Mahony -- Case study : the United Nations human rights field operation in East Timor / Patrick Burgess -- Case study : the United Nations human rights field operation in Sierra Leone / Michael O'Flaherty -- Case study : the United Nations human rights field operation in Angola / Todd Howland -- Case study : comparative aspects of the human rights field operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Guatemala / Milburn Line -- The human rights field operations of the Organisation for Security and Co-Operation in Europe / Susanne Ringgaard-Pedersen and Annette Lythe -- Compendium of resources regarding human rights field operations of intergovernmental organisations / Kevin Turner.

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