Keeping the momentum : one year in the life of the UN Human Rights Council /
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| Author / Creator: | Rivero, Juliette de |
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| Imprint: | New York, N.Y. : Human Rights Watch, c2011. |
| Description: | 83 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8517673 |
| Summary: | "Five years after its creation, the UN Human Rights Council began shaking off its reluctance to engage on "country situations" by taking concrete steps to respond to several human rights crises across the globe. From July 2010 through June 2011, the Council established commissions of inquiry on Libya and Côte dIvoire, appointed an expert to investigate the human rights situation in Iran, and spoke out after years of silence on the human rights situation in Belarus. It responded quickly and helpfully to the Arab Spring in some countries (Libya, Syria, Tunisia), but ignored entirely developments in Bahrain. Keeping the Momentum highlights the main achievements of the Council in the past year, while noting the serious human rights situations that the Council failed to address. By taking a close look at the performance of 27 states that have played an influential role at the Council, the report shows how a small number of states have moved the Council from being a passive spectator to engaging actively in a manner that shapes human rights on the ground. And it describes how some states have sought to derail that progress. The report examines ways to consolidate and build on that progress to the benefit of all those facing human rights abuse. Human Rights Watch challenges states to live up to the Councils clear mandate: to promote and protect the human rights of people throughout the world"--Page 4 of cover. |
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| Item Description: | "This report was researched and written by Juliette de Rivero, Geneva director at Human Rights Watch, with additional contributions by Judit Costa, associate in the advocacy division, and Philippe Dam, Human Rights Council advocate"--P. 83. "September 2011"--Table of contents page. |
| Physical Description: | 83 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1564328074 9781564328076 |