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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageImproving and expanding advocacy efforts on the ground: key tasks for new High CommissionerHuman rights advocacy in the field is a powerful tool, consistently underestimated by UN officials. The new High...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageA digital agenda for the new High Commissioner for Human RightsPromoting, protecting and fulfilling human rights requires a secure Internet, but states misuse cyber security...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpagePutting youth at the centre of the human rights agendaYouth form a crucial constituency for the High Commissioner, and - to overcome their growing disenfranchisement - he...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageThe Human Rights Commissioner needs to get down to businessAmidst many priorities, the High Commissioner must focus on the problem of ensuring companies respect human rights,...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpagePlus d'ambition requise pour réformer les organes de traité des Nations UniesLa récente réforme des organes chargés de veiller à la mise en œuvre des principaux traités internationaux de...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageThe High Commissioner for Human Rights: a human rights defender-in-chiefThe new High Commissioner has a particular responsibility to protect human rights defenders, especially so when they...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageUN forsakes its values when it favors ‘stability’ over fundamental rightsThough he should be focused on governments, the new High Commissioner for Human Rights will also need to hold senior...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageA plea to the new High Commissioner for Human Rights: defend women's rightsThe new High Commissioner has the opportunity to grasp the torch lit by his predecessors and fully embrace and...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageNeeded: a UN High Commissioner who serves the people, not the systemThe new High Commissioner for Human Rights must above all be an advocate who puts his authority and energy at the...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageMore ambition required to reform UN treaty bodiesThe recent reform of the UN’s rights-monitoring bodies falls far short of expectations, and fails to reach out to...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageImproving the Special Procedures: three tips for the High Commissioner for Human RightsThe independent experts (or ‘Special Procedures’) appointed by the UN to monitor human rights worldwide are the...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageقائمة بما ينبغي ولا ينبغي على المفوض السامي عملهتم تعيين الأمير زيد، الذي عمل كسفير للأردن لدى الولايات المتحدة في نيويورك، كمفوض سامي جديد لحقوق الإنسان بالأمم...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageA do and don’t do list for the new High CommissionerA new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has just been appointed - Prince Zeid, Jordan’s UN Ambassador in New...
