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39 Hum. Rts. Q. 489 (2017)
Configuring the UN Human Rights System in the "Era of Implementation": Mainland and Archipelago

handle is hein.journals/hurq39 and id is 501 raw text is: HUMAN RIGHTS QUARTERLY Configuring the UN Human Rights System in the Era of Implementation: Mainland and Archipelago Paul Hunt* ABSTRACT Full implementation of human rights requires a wide range of initiatives, many of which fall beyond the expertise of the UN human rights main- land, consisting of the Human Rights Council, treaty-bodies, and Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Specialized agencies, funds, programs, and other UN bodies have an indispensable role to play if the UN system is to engage with the entire spectrum of human rights implementation. Their role encompasses all human rights but is especially critical in relation to economic, social, and cultural rights. The Human Rights Council and OHCHR are mandated to promote human rights mainstream- ing which is a precondition for full implementation. However, UN system- wide mainstreaming runs into the principles of functional decentralization * Paul Hunt is a Professor in Law at Essex University (UK) and Adjunct Professor at Waikato University (New Zealand). He served as an independent expert on the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1999 to 2002) and UN Special Rapporteur on the right to the highest attainable standard of health (2002 to 2008). Between 2011 to 2013, he advised WHO Assistant Director-General Dr. Flavia Bustreo on human rights. He has writ- ten extensively on economic, social, and cultural rights, especially the right to the highest attainable standard of health. His recent books include: Maternal Mortality Human Rights and Accountability (Routledge, co-edited) and Women's and Children's Health: Evidence of Impact of Human Rights (WHO, co-authored). He has an Honorary Doctorate from the Nordic School of Public Health. While writing this article, I benefitted from the comments and insights of many people. I am most grateful to all of them, especially Michael Freeman, Sabine Michalowski, Ahmed Shaheed, Daragh Murray, Claire Hubert, Shyama Kuruvilla, Rebekah Thomas, Rajat Khosla, Craig Mokhiber, Dragana Korljan, Sally-Anne Way, Marc Limon, Ralph Jurgens, Sara Davis, Hyeyoung Lim, Melvyn Young, Michael Keating, Ben Majekodunmi, Rick Lines, and Damon Barrett. Throughout, Giulia Giannuzzi provided first-class research assistance for which I am extremely grateful. However, the views are mine and any errors are my responsibility. Human Rights Quarterly 39 (2017) 489-538 V 2017 by Johns Hopkins University Press

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