Rethinking Africa´s role at the Human Rights Council

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In UN human rights forums, African States have a reputation for voting as a bloc, obstructing human rights, and defending the sovereignty of developing countries. Indeed, in 2011, Bertrand Ramcharan, a respected human rights scholar and a former acting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, complained that the African and Asian Groups, which together occupy 26 of the Human Rights …

Repenser le rôle de l’Afrique au Conseil des droits de l’homme

by Eduard Jordaan, Research Fellow, Rhodes University By invitation, By invitation BORRAR, HRC BORRAR, Human Rights Council BORRAR, Human rights implementation and impact, Human rights institutions and mechanisms

Parmi les forums des droits humains à l’ONU, les États africains ont la réputation de voter en tant que bloc, obstruant les droits humains et défendant la souveraineté des pays en développement. En effet, en 2011, Bertrand Ramcharan, un spécialiste respecté des droits humains et ancien Haut-Commissaire en exercice (par intérim), s’est plaint que les groupes africains et asiatiques, qui …