Human Rights are an article of faith of the UN Charter. One of the reasons the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 2030 Agenda are a transformative development framework is that they are based on human rights - over 90 percent of the goals and targets of the SDGs correspond to human rights obligations.
Yet the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), mandated to promote human rights and address violations, has been strongly criticized as conflicted and impotent. The United States has quit the HRC in protest at its perceived ineffectiveness. Australia has now served two thirds of its three year term as a full member of the 47 member Council, the first time it has done so, promising a ‘principled and pragmatic approach’.
How are the HRC, and Australia's membership of it tracking? Is the current UN machinery fit for the purpose of protecting and promoting human rights globally? Our expert panel will offer views on these topical issues: and you are cordially invited to join this event and contribute to the Q&A segment!
Dr Cecilia Jacob
Fellow in the Department of International Relations at the Coral Bell School at the Australian National University
John Quinn
Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva
Colin Milner
ANU School of History, former diplomat and delegate to the United Nations Human Rights Council
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