HR100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Secret Ballot, United Nations Human Rights Council, United Nations Human Rights Committee
28 Oct 2020
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Challenge the idea that national economic indicators are an adequate measure for evaluating the economic well beings for humans across the globe and fro accessing states performance in promoting fundamental economic and social rights. Economists tend to focus on "efficiency" & overall gdp of countries whereas hr believes development must benefit all members of society and requires that the process and results of development respect human rights. Top- down approaches i for each of the following, recall its main function with respect to promoting respect for human rights, its membership and the implications of its membership for its ability to protect human rights: Un general assembly: promotion of human rights only among its purposes 1. main source of international human rights standards 2. may also issue resolutions. Un security council 1. promote international peace and security: can authorize enforcement (economic sanctions, peace keeping, peace-making, military force, membership.
