Human Rights Reform in the United Nations
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12354774 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paula Gerber (0000-0002-6292-6154, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 88-92 |
| Publication date | 2006-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Alternative Law Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1037-969X • E-ISSN: 2398-9084 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1037969x0603100207 |
| OpenAlex | W3123291814 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
Recently there has been extensive criticism of the effectiveness of United Nations (UN) human rights bodies. In particular the Commission on Human Rights has been described as 'irrelevant' and 'positively destructive' because it has failed to act decisively when governments suppress human rights which they are legally bound to uphold. These kinds of accusations prompted Secretary General Kofi Annan to initiate a program of reform, a flagship of which, was to abolish the Commission and replace it with a new body to be known as the Human Rights Council. The author reviews the work of the old Commission on Human Rights and looks at the newly established Human Rights Council
Commission · Criticism · Fundamental rights · Human rights · International human rights law · Linguistic rights · Political science · Right to property · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Human Rights and Development · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Public Administration
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |