Peter R Baehr
Biographic Data
| ID | 1057773 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter R Baehr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter R |
| FAMILY NAME | Baehr |
| SIGNATURE | BAEHR P R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utrecht University and Leiden University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
United Nations in The 1990s
The Human Rights Council
The Advisory Commission on Human Rights in the Netherlands
Dictatorship in history and theory
Dictatorship in History and Theory
A distinguished group of historians and political theorists examine the complex relationship between nineteenth-century democracy, nationalism, and authoritarianism, paying especial attention to the careers of Napoleon I and III, and of Bismarck. An important contribution of the book is to consider not only the momentous episodes of coup d'etat, revolution, and imperial foundation which the Napoleonic era heralded, but also the contested politica…
The Netherlands Advisory Committee on Human Rights and Foreign Policy
The article contains some retrospective observations by a former chairman on the role and function of the former Netherlands Advisory Committee on Human Rights and Foreign Policy (1983–1996). It focuses on the independence of the Committee and the possible impact of its advisory reports, either requested or unrequested by the Government. The use of external experts is discussed, and the crucial role of the Chairman and the Secretary of the Commit…
The United Nations at the End of the 1990s
From Colonialism to Independence
Column
Column
Problems of aid conditionality
(1997). Problems of aid conditionality: The Netherlands and Indonesia. Third World Quarterly: Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 363-376
Human Rights
This volume contains the papers which were presented at a symposium on human rights, held in September 1994 in Beijing and organized within the framework of an academic programme of co-operation between the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences. The focal point of most of the papers is the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action - adopted during the 1993 Vienna World Conference on Human Rights - which…
Human Rights in Development, Volume 2
This edition of the Yearbook on Human Rights in Developing Countries focuses on government policy with regard to the relationship between human rights and development in Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway. These thematic studies make a contribution to the discussion on the role of human rights in development policy in what are termed like-minded countries. The Yearbook also contains eight country reports which assess human rights trends…
The United Nations in the 1990s
From Colonialism to Independence
Most of the present members of the United Nations are former colonies that gained political independence through direct or indirect involvement of the United Nations. In 1945, more than 750 million people lived in non-self-governing territories of various kinds: by 1990, after Namibia gained its independence in a world that had undergone rapid growth of its population, fewer than two million lived in the remaining 18 dependent territories.
Amnesty International and its Self-Imposed Limited Mandate
This article deals with the development of the self-imposed limited mandate of Amnesty International and the considerations which are taken into account. The organization has gradually expanded its field of attention. It is suggested in this article that, although expanded, the mandate still remains ‘limited’ and in line with the principles as envisaged when the organization was founded in 1961. An important expansion or re-interpretation of the …
The United Nations in the 1990s
Human Rights
Think tanks—Who needs them
The United Nations
The United Nations
Concern for Development Aid and Fundamental Human Rights
One of the basic assumptions made in dealing with human rights is the existence of universal norms that govern the way in which human beings ought to deal with other human beings. This assumption lies at the bottom of all debates on human rights. It is on this assumption that the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a declaration which contains principles that are supposed to apply universally …
Forecasting in foreign policy
The Dutch Foreign Policy Elite
This study deals with aspects of the foreign policy-making process in a small Western European industrialized democracy: the Netherlands. A group of researchers from several Dutch universities carried out a research project regarding perceptions and attitudes held by members of the Dutch foreign policy elite. Interviews were held with members of the bureaucracy and the parliament (the formal elite) and with leading members of the churches, busine…
Futures studies and policy analysis in the political process
Small States
The usefulness of the concept of “small states” as an analytical tool is discussed in a review of books by Edward Azar and Marshall Singer. The size of states has both domestic and international ramifications. Authors who use the concept of “small states” struggle with the problem of defining it. Such definitions can be clear and unambiguous but arbitrary at the same time; more sophisticated definitions are also more ambiguous and difficult to ap…
Amnesty International and its Self-Imposed Limited Mandate
This article deals with the development of the self-imposed limited mandate of Amnesty International and the considerations which are taken into account. The organization has gradually expanded its field of attention. It is suggested in this article that, although expanded, the mandate still remains ‘limited’ and in line with the principles as envisaged when the organization was founded in 1961. An important expansion or re-interpretation of the …
The Dutch Foreign Policy Elite
This study deals with aspects of the foreign policy-making process in a small Western European industrialized democracy: the Netherlands. A group of researchers from several Dutch universities carried out a research project regarding perceptions and attitudes held by members of the Dutch foreign policy elite. Interviews were held with members of the bureaucracy and the parliament (the formal elite) and with leading members of the churches, busine…
Concern for Development Aid and Fundamental Human Rights
One of the basic assumptions made in dealing with human rights is the existence of universal norms that govern the way in which human beings ought to deal with other human beings. This assumption lies at the bottom of all debates on human rights. It is on this assumption that the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a declaration which contains principles that are supposed to apply universally …
Futures studies and policy analysis in the political process
Think tanks—Who needs them
The United Nations
Parliamentary Control over Foreign Policy in The Netherlands
THE SUBJECT OF PARLIAMENTARY CONTROL OVER FOREIGN POLICY IN the Netherlands has increased in importance in recent months following the latest Arab-Israeli war and the ensuing reduction in Arab oil production. In addition to their general cutback of oil production, the Arab states singled out the United States and the Netherlands as ‘friends of Israel’ to whom oil supplies were to be limited even further. While the United States seemed an obvious …
Small States
The usefulness of the concept of “small states” as an analytical tool is discussed in a review of books by Edward Azar and Marshall Singer. The size of states has both domestic and international ramifications. Authors who use the concept of “small states” struggle with the problem of defining it. Such definitions can be clear and unambiguous but arbitrary at the same time; more sophisticated definitions are also more ambiguous and difficult to ap…
Futures studies and policy analysis in the political process
Forecasting in foreign policy
The Dutch Foreign Policy Elite
This study deals with aspects of the foreign policy-making process in a small Western European industrialized democracy: the Netherlands. A group of researchers from several Dutch universities carried out a research project regarding perceptions and attitudes held by members of the Dutch foreign policy elite. Interviews were held with members of the bureaucracy and the parliament (the formal elite) and with leading members of the churches, busine…
Concern for Development Aid and Fundamental Human Rights
One of the basic assumptions made in dealing with human rights is the existence of universal norms that govern the way in which human beings ought to deal with other human beings. This assumption lies at the bottom of all debates on human rights. It is on this assumption that the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a declaration which contains principles that are supposed to apply universally …
The United Nations
The United Nations
Think tanks—Who needs them
Human Rights
The United Nations in the 1990s
The United Nations in the 1990s
From Colonialism to Independence
Most of the present members of the United Nations are former colonies that gained political independence through direct or indirect involvement of the United Nations. In 1945, more than 750 million people lived in non-self-governing territories of various kinds: by 1990, after Namibia gained its independence in a world that had undergone rapid growth of its population, fewer than two million lived in the remaining 18 dependent territories.
Amnesty International and its Self-Imposed Limited Mandate
This article deals with the development of the self-imposed limited mandate of Amnesty International and the considerations which are taken into account. The organization has gradually expanded its field of attention. It is suggested in this article that, although expanded, the mandate still remains ‘limited’ and in line with the principles as envisaged when the organization was founded in 1961. An important expansion or re-interpretation of the …
Human Rights in Development, Volume 2
This edition of the Yearbook on Human Rights in Developing Countries focuses on government policy with regard to the relationship between human rights and development in Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway. These thematic studies make a contribution to the discussion on the role of human rights in development policy in what are termed like-minded countries. The Yearbook also contains eight country reports which assess human rights trends…
Human Rights
This volume contains the papers which were presented at a symposium on human rights, held in September 1994 in Beijing and organized within the framework of an academic programme of co-operation between the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences. The focal point of most of the papers is the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action - adopted during the 1993 Vienna World Conference on Human Rights - which…
Column
Problems of aid conditionality
(1997). Problems of aid conditionality: The Netherlands and Indonesia. Third World Quarterly: Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 363-376
Column
The United Nations at the End of the 1990s
From Colonialism to Independence
The Netherlands Advisory Committee on Human Rights and Foreign Policy
The article contains some retrospective observations by a former chairman on the role and function of the former Netherlands Advisory Committee on Human Rights and Foreign Policy (1983–1996). It focuses on the independence of the Committee and the possible impact of its advisory reports, either requested or unrequested by the Government. The use of external experts is discussed, and the crucial role of the Chairman and the Secretary of the Commit…
Dictatorship in history and theory
Dictatorship in History and Theory
A distinguished group of historians and political theorists examine the complex relationship between nineteenth-century democracy, nationalism, and authoritarianism, paying especial attention to the careers of Napoleon I and III, and of Bismarck. An important contribution of the book is to consider not only the momentous episodes of coup d'etat, revolution, and imperial foundation which the Napoleonic era heralded, but also the contested politica…
The Advisory Commission on Human Rights in the Netherlands
Political science (23 works) · Law (20 works) · Law (15 works) · Politics (13 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Economics (8 works) · Human rights (7 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (6 works) · Public Administration (6 works) · Development economics (5 works)