Derechos: Human Rights Listings

Madame Prosecutor Confrontations With Humanity's Worst Criminals and
the Culture of Impunity: A Memoir By Carla Del Ponte with Chuck Sudetic
434 pages. Other Press. $25.95.

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has unveiled its new guide for civil society actors - Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/Pages/NgoHandbook.aspx

The new user-friendly guide explains how the different United Nations human rights mandates and mechanisms work, and how members of civil society, such as human rights defenders, non-governmental organizations and academic institutions, can engage with them most effectively.

The World Bank Unveiled: Inside the Revolutionary Struggle for Transparency
David Ian Shaman
October, 2009; 672 pages, 6” x 9”; hardcover, $38.95, ISBN 978-1-935166-03-0 and simultaneous trade paperback, $26.95, ISBN 978-1-935166-15-3

New Book About the World Bank’s Transparency Brings Into Question
Its Ability to Help the Poor

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The global financial crisis that escalated in 2008 endangers one and a half billion people who currently live in abject poverty. Estimates from key development institutions suggest the economic contraction will push as many as 100 million more people into poverty. Rich countries believe it is critical to target financial resources to poor countries on the verge of economic collapse through key lending institutions such as the World Bank. A newly released book about the Bank, however, questions whether the institution is capable of effectively implementing new aid initiatives and reducing poverty.