Evidence for Hope? Assessing the Role of the UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteurs on the Course of the Palestinian Question
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6093382 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gonca Oğuz Gök (0000-0002-8056-8952, Marmara University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Middle Eastern Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2051-0861 • E-ISSN: 2051-0861 |
| Publisher | University of Leicester (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.29311/nmes.v8i2.3051 |
| OpenAlex | W2909129709 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
The Palestinian Question has been at the heart of the United Nations (UN) since its establishment. Yet, the “intergovernmental” mechanisms of the world organization have proven to be largely ineffective in finding a just and sustainable solution to one of the most important and intractable issues of the UN-era. In between political and diplomatic struggles, the UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteurs on Palestine are increasingly regarded as the only truly independent and expert voices as well as valuable sources of information regarding the issue. However, the special rapporteurs are one of the least studied aspects of the UN regarding the Palestinian question. Drawing highly on the social constructivist premise on the role of ideas and norms in constructing/deconstructing the legitimacy discourse in international politics, this study attempts to theoretically question and empirically analyse how the “actorness” of the special rapporteurs have the potential to affect the course of the Palestinian question. The article concludes that the mobilization of normative arguments on the Palestinian Question at the transnational level and framing the issue for collective debate supported by technical and knowledge-based legal expertise of UN Special Rapporteurs may confer a renewed legitimizing role for the United Nations
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The Politics, Power, and Pathologies of International Organizations
Introduction
Rules for the World
The Anarchical Society
Opportunities for Nongovernmental Organization Advocacy in the Universal Periodic Review Process at the UN Human Rights Council
The Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council
Rising Powers and Human Rights
Being a special rapporteur
The possibilities of an independent special rapporteur scheme
The role of the special rapporteurs of the United Nations Human Rights Council in the development and promotion of international human rights norms
The contribution of the UN's special procedures to national level implementation of human rights norms
Apartheid, International Law, and the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Palestine as a Matter of International Community Concern
John Dugard and the Continuing Struggle for International Human Rights
Collective Legitimization as a Political Function of the United Nations
Introduction
The Politics, Power, and Pathologies of International Organizations
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |