On 4th September, the Governments of Norway and Switzerland, together with the Universal Rights Group, presented a report on ‘Reflections on the future of the UN human rights pillar’ containing ideas and proposals generated during the 2014 Glion Human Rights Dialogue (held in May 2014). The report looks ahead to the 10th anniversary of the Human Rights Council and offers …
In February 2012, the General Assembly initiated an ‘intergovernmental’ review process aimed at strengthening the UN human rights Treaty Body system. This state-led process concluded on 9th April 2014, with the General Assembly’s adoption of resolution 68/268 on ‘strengthening and enhancing the effective functioning of the human rights treaty body system’. If correctly implemented by all relevant stakeholders, this resolution …
This report on the United Nations system of independent human rights experts is the result of a year-long project led by Marc Limon of the Universal Rights Group and Ted Piccone of the Brookings Institution. It reflects primary and secondary research, two policy dialogues (in Geneva and in New York) and nearly fifty interviews with key policymakers, including United Nations …
