Órganos de Tratados de Derechos Humanos en el territorio: El Sistema Regional Interamericano y las sesiones fuera de la sede

by Mariana Montoya By invitation

Siguiendo la publicación de Christof Heyns y Abiola Idowu-Ojo del 10 de julio de 2018 en este sitio, la presente publicación revisa la experiencia interamericana con la celebración de sesiones fuera de la sede, y considera las muchas ventajas, así como algunos desafíos. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Tanto la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (Comisión o CIDH) como la Corte Interamericana de Derechos …

Órganos de tratados de derechos humanos en el terreno: la experiencia del Sistema Regional Africano

by Christof Heyns, Professor of Human Rights Law, Univeristy of Pretoria and Member of the UN Human Rights Committee By invitation

En una publicación de 2017 en este sitio, Christof Heyns y Willem Gravett propusieron la idea de sesiones externas para los Órganos del Tratado de Derechos Humanos de la ONU, que debería reunirse al menos una vez al año durante parte de la sesión fuera de Ginebra para “llevar el sistema más cerca de la gente”. Esta idea despertó considerable interés, …

Human Rights Council Elections: clean slates continue to undermine the Council

by Peter Splinter, Human Rights Consultant and Former Representative of Amnesty International to the United Nations in Geneva By invitation, Human rights institutions and mechanisms

On 12 October 2018, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will hold elections for 18 seats on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) for a three-year term starting on 1 January 2019.  All five UN regional groups have clean slates – in which the number of candidates is equal to the number of vacant seats. [1]   These clean slates turn the election into …

How UN Treaty Bodies can better address corruption and its negative impact on human rights

by Patrick Mutzenberg, Director of the Centre for Civil and Political Rights. By invitation, Corruption and human rights, Human rights implementation and impact, Thematic human rights issues, Treaty Bodies

It is now widely recognised that corruption negatively affects the enjoyment of civil and political rights, as well as economic, social and cultural rights. Corruption not only has a negative impact on the ability of States to implement their treaty-based human rights obligations, but it also directly affects the population of such countries. This concern was raised several times by …

Human Rights Treaty Bodies in the field: The Inter-American Regional System and sessions away from headquarters

by Elizabeth Abi-Mershed, former Assistant Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights By invitation

Following the post from Christof Heyns and Abiola Idowu-Ojo of July 10, 2018 on this site, the present post reviews the inter-American experience with holding sessions away from headquarters, and considers the many advantages, as well as some challenges. Both the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Commission or IACHR) and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Court) carry out periods …

La alta comisionada Bachelet traza un nuevo curso

by the URG team Human rights institutions and mechanisms

La nueva Alta Comisionada de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, Michelle Bachelet, inició su mandato el 10 de septiembre con un discurso inaugural ante el Consejo de Derechos Humanos (al comienzo de su 39ª sesión). Al igual que en todos los discursos inaugurales de anteriores Altos(as) Comisionados(as), los Estados, las ONG y los medios de comunicación observaron detenidamente …

High Commissioner Bachelet charts a new course

by the URG team Human rights institutions and mechanisms

The new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, marked the start of her tenure on 10th September with an inaugural address to the Human Rights Council (at the start of its 39th session). As with all inaugural speeches by new High Commissioners, the statement was closely watched by States, NGOs and the media for clues as to Ms Bachelet’s …

Is Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein really the “prince of Human Rights”?

by Olivier de Frouville, Member UN Human Rights Committee By invitation

The former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Jordanian prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, ended his mandate on the 31st August and his successor, former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, has just taken office. A large number of recent contributions praising Zeid’s term in office have cropped up and many paid tribute to his action at the head of the UN …

Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein est-il vraiment le « prince des droits de l’Homme » ?

by Geneva By invitation

Le mandat du Haut Commissaire aux droits de l’homme des Nations Unies, le prince jordanien Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, est arrivé à son terme à la fin du mois d’août et sa successeur, l’ancienne présidente du Chili Michelle Bachelet a pris ses fonctions au premier septembre. De nombreuses contributions récentes ont rendu hommage à l’action de Zeid. Les médias retiennent …

¿Cuál es el futuro del Alto Comisionado para los Derechos Humanos? Reimaginando el papel, las prerrogativas, las responsabilidades y el mandato del Alto Comisionado

by Marc Limon, Executive Director of the Universal Rights Group High Commissioner, Human rights institutions and mechanisms, Uncategorized BORRAR

Como argumenta Suzanne Nossel en su excelente artículo recientemente publicado en la revista Foreign Policy (‘ El trabajo del jefe de derechos humanos de la ONU no es lo que piensas ‘, 9 de agosto), el regocijo general entre los defensores de los derechos humanos por el nombramiento de Michelle Bachelet como la próxima Alta Comisionada para los Derechos Humanos debería dar paso rápidamente a “una reevaluación exhaustiva del papel de la Alta Comisionada y …