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United Nations Reform

Rights & Democracy has been actively following the reform of the United Nations both prior to and after the September 2005 Summit. In particular, Rights & Democracy is interested in the negotiations taking place to establish the mandate, status and composition of a new Human Rights Council that would replace the Commission on Human Rights. Jean-Louis Roy, President of Rights & Democracy, has made a number of intervenions on this subject in the past months, including:

United Nations Reform - Security, Development, Human Rights (Op/Ed)

A United Nations Human Rights Council (working paper)

The Rule of Law in our Interdependent World (speech)

Rights & Democracy also held an expert meeting about the creation of the Human Rights Council in April, 2005:

Background paper on the reform of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights

For further information and analysis about UN reform, please consult the following Web sites:

http://www.un.org/reform/

http://www.reformtheun.org/

http://www.un-reform.org/

http://www.un.org/largerfreedom/

http://portal.ohchr.org/tbforum/mvnforum/index

http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/canada_un/ottawa/policy/un_reform-en.asp