UN Special Rapporteur Fionnuala Ní Aoláin discusses the challenges that emerge as states increasingly frame conflict and violence through a terrorism lens, rather than a peace lens, and the repercussions for local mediation and human rights endeavors.
Tag: human rights
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Given the Human Rights Council’s current composition and priorities, there is a real risk that the independent expert’s mandate will not pass.
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Progress at the UN in advancing support for and protections of the rights of LGBTI people has not come without challenges.
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Critics of the notion that human rights are universal often assert that human rights originated in the West, reflect Western interests, and are a weapon of cultural hegemony or a new form of imperialism.
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If UN reform is about making the UN fit for purpose, then it only makes sense that reforms be made to strengthen the human rights pillar.
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The availability of potable water supply in rural and urban areas of Cameroon has significantly lagged for the past two decades, while demand has increased tremendously.
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Nobel Prize winner Shirin Ebadi’s new book Until We Are Free details her efforts to advance human rights in Iran, even in exile.
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Three major peace and security reviews conducted in 2015 have taken stock of the changing global environment; analyzed UN responses; and come up with several key policy messages, as well as a number of complementary recommendations which, if implemented, could help the UN peace and security architecture be better fit for purpose.
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The continuing pursuit of ever more restrictive counterterrorism legislation may be generating negative impacts that weaken the global fight against terrorism.
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The court’s jurisdiction would rest within the framework of the Arab human rights system, namely the 2008 Arab Charter on Human Rights.
