Legal studies un agencies and their role

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Un Special Rapportuer

Reports on human rights issues on a well a country is doing with its international obligations.

Recommends on how countries can improve.

UN High commissioner for refugees:

Protects refugees by giving them shelter, food and medical care.

Helps find a safe home/enviroment, helps move them.

ICC

Investigates crimes of war and prosecutes those that commited them.

ICJ

Settles disputes between sovereign states, provides advisory opinions regarding how treaty obligation can be better upheld to ensure international obligations are met and to maintain human rights in its society.

Security council

to maintain international peace and security under the un charter

determine threats to peace, facilitates peaceful settlements, authorises force by un peacekeeper

deploys peacekeeping operations through un peacekeepers

Un peacekeepers

Un peacekeepers are essentially the un’s army that are military, police and civilian personnel deployed to conflict affected regions. Their primary responsibilities include:

maintaining ceasefires, monitoring peace agreements, disarming combatants, stabilising post—conflict regions, and assist in democratic transitions.

Help protect civilians even with use of force.

Un human rights council

discusses important human rights issues and situations helping to address the human rights violations and making recommendations on them.

helping to strengthen and promote and protect human rights around the globe.

General assembly

Votes on key decisions regarding international peace and security.

Makes decisions in realising human rights.

Issues recommendations to help states obligate to international obligations, helping to set standards for the treatment of society.

Elects non permanent members of the un security council and other organisations.