Accountability in Global Governance: Pluralist Accountability in Global Governance

The purpose of international organizations (IOs) like the United Nations (UN) is to protect human rights. Some of their policies and actions, however, have severely affected the rights of individuals. Peacekeeping operations have violated the rights of detainees in peace operations, measures of economic governance have violated social rights, and clinical trials have violated the right to informed consent in global health governance. Based on a rich study of UN-mandated operations in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kosovo, the EU’s economic austerity policy, and Global Public-Private Health Partnerships in India, this book analyzes how IOs are held accountable for human rights violations. Providing unique insights into the interactions between IOs and their implementing partners, this book offers a new framework for the study of human rights accountability in global governance.