POLI 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: United Nations Human Rights Committee, United Nations Commission On Human Rights, Ford Foundation
22 Aug 2016
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Ngos (las madres) private foundations (ford foundation) parts of govt. (asst. Secretary of state derian) (+ more committees, etc. ) (usaid) specifically, chairs/representatives. Ingos (un) councils/committees within un on specific covenants ex. Un commission on human rights (udhr) main mechanism monitored human rights violations during dirty war (76-83) early period: norm of sovereignty overrode ability to report/investigate. 1503 procedure individuals got legal standing to give info to. Argentina was investigated processes are limited and confidential can only be as effective as its representation works under normative standards. Un hchr (high commissioner) current high commissioner from jordan progress historically political/geographic representation taken into consideration when appointing. Argentina ratified american convention on human rights in 1984 represents prescriptive status stage. Amnesty international 1961 report 1977 > activates tan > investigation. Nobel peace prize > gives stature to ai and international human rights regime. 4. 1 bring info to un push to get things on agenda (event without vote)
