The United Nations Commission on Human Rights and the different treatment of governments: an inseparable part of promoting and encouraging respect for human rights?
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CONTENTS
PARTI INTRODUCTION 1
1 Background and Objectives of the Study 1
1.1 On the subject 2
1.1.1 The Commission is a political body: no more, no less 3
1.1.2 The Commission may address different cases differently 3
1.2 On the purpose and scope 4
1.2.1 Defending the politics of human rights 4
1.2.2 Inaction is just as important as action 5
1.3 On sources 6
1.3.1 Previous scholarly writing 6
1.3.2 United Nations documentation 7
1.4 On memodology and structure 8
PART II THE EVOLVING INTERNATIONAL CONCERN OVER
HUMAN RIGHTS 11
2 The Commission on Human Rights and its Politicization 12
2.1 The Commission's composition and status 13
2.1.1 The Commission's composition 13
2.1.1.1 Yet another body composed of governments 14
2.1.1.2 The equitable geographical balance 19
2.1.1.3 Is there a need for additional membership criteria? 24
2.1.2 A functional commission or a Council on Human Rights? 31
2.2 From inaction to selective action 34
2.2.1 The self-inflicted denial of power: following the path of wisdom? 35
2.2.1.1 Attempts to influence the doctrine of impotence 36
2.2.1.2 Views defending the inaction 40
2.2.2 Abandoning the doctrine of inaction 42
2.2.2.1 Confusion as to where die authorization derives from 43
2.2.2.2 Utmost selectivity amounting to a new form of inaction? 50
2.3 Conclusion: a Commission always corresponding to the prevailing political will 54
3 From National Interests to an International Concern and beyond 60
3.1 Human rights become an issue of international concern 61
3.1.1 The right to deal with violations of human rights 62
3.1.1.1 What amounts to intervention? 65
3.1.1.2 Matters essentially outside domestic jurisdiction 69
3.1.2 A duty of states to address human rights violations? 74
3.1.2.1 The responsibility to protect 75
3.1.2.2 Obligations towards the community of states as a whole 77
3.2 An increasing attention on human rights 80
3.2.1 Human rights in the foreign policy of states 82
3.2.1.1 Balancing between the clergyman and the merchant 88
3.2.1.2 From restraint to an active human rights policy 91
3.2.2 Evaluating the influence of foreign human rights policy 94
3.2.2.1 The impotent superpower and the potent small state? 95
3.2.2.2 The socialization process: internalizing international norms 100
3.3 Conclusion: re-defining the national interests of states 106
4 State Cooperation with the Organization 112
4.1 The obligation of states to cooperate with the United Nations 112
4.1.1 The obligation to cooperate with the Commission and its procedures 114
4.1.1.1 A restrictive interpretation 116
4.1.1.2 The more progressive interpretation 119
4.1.2 The need to distinguish between different levels of cooperation? 122
4.2 Conclusion: the rising political cost of non-cooperation 124
PART HI RESPONDING TO VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS 1:
MORE THAN MERELY PUBLIC CONDEMNATION? 128
5 Selectively Placing Governments under Scrutiny: The Confrontational
Approach 128
5.1 Scrutinizing human rights violations (in some parts of the world only) 130
5.1.1 Country-specific resolutions on violations of human rights 131
5.1.1.1 Ending scrutiny despite continuing human rights concerns 133
5.1.1.2 Failure to defend ally from extraordinary scrutiny 134
5.1.1.3 From thematic to country-specific scrutiny 139
5.1.2 Statements on violations of human rights 142
5.2 Inaction as a form of action 145
5.2.1 Cases ignored, rejected or where the dealing is embarrassingly delayed 146
5.2.1.1 A case of mass killings ignored 147
5.2.1.2 Refusal to deal with a case 151
5.2.1.3 An embarrassingly late response 154
5.2.2 Challenging the use of the procedural motion of no action 159
5.2.2.1 Confusion as to the purpose of the procedural motion 160
5.2.2.2 The Commission's colourful but inconsistent practice 161
5.3 Who scrutinizes whom? 167
5.3.1 A rather one-sided form of action 168
5.3.1.1 The West as the initiator 168
5.3.1.2 .and the "rest" as the target 170
5.3.2 Preference for a regional solution 172
5.3.2.1 The African approach to African situations 173
5.3.2.2 Cooperation with Latin American initiatives only 175
5.3.2.3 An Asian view on human rights protection 179
5.3.3 From a "clash of ideologies" to a "clash of civilizations" 181
5.4 Conclusion: is scrutiny always about selectivity? 185
6 The Country-Specific Resolution 193
6.1 The purpose of a country-specific resolution 193
6.1.1 Promoting and encouraging respect for human rights 194
6.1.2 Maintaining the credibility of those taking the initiative 196
6.2 The adoption of a country-specific draft resolution 197
6.2.1 Consensus without agreement 198
6.2.2 Measuring the level of confrontation 203
6.3 The significance of a country-specific resolution 206
6.3.1 The legal significance 206
6.3.2 The political and moral significance 208
6.3.3 The importance of even a rejected draft resolution 210
6.4 Conclusion: a means or an end in itself? 213
PART IV RESPONDING TO VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS 2:
BALANCING THE HUMAN RIGHTS DISCUSSION 222
7 Avoiding Confrontation: The Thematic Approach 222
7.1 Responding to country situations thematically 223
7.1.1 The fate of die missing and disappeared: The case of Argentina 224
7.1.2 Religious intolerance: The case of Eastern Europe 230
7.1.3 Racism and racial discrimination: The case of Western Europe 234
7.2 Insufficient attention on economic and social rights 238
7.2.1 The call for one rapporteur 239
7.2.2 Tackling the imbalance 241
7.3 Conclusion: how a weakness turns into a strength 242
8 The Commission and its Subsidiary Mechanisms: The Objective Approach .247
8.1 The Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights 248
8.1.1 Efforts to define the Sub-Commission's task 248
8.1.2 A contribution to the handling of country situations? 253
8.2 The System of Special Procedures 259
8.2.1 No country is immune from scrutiny 260
8.2.2 Can special procedures influence the Commission? 261
8.3 Certain Concerns over the Independence of Experts 266
8.3.1 Independence and special procedure mandates 266
8.3.1.1 The selection of a mandate holder 268
8.3.1.2 The tenure of a mandate holder 271
8.3.2 Independence and the members of the Sub-Commission 272
8.3.2.1 Efforts to define the qualifications for members 273
8.3.2.2 Is the concern justified? 276
8.3.3 Independence vis-a-vis the Commission on Human Rights 281
8.3.3.1 Correction of a report 281
8.3.3.2 Conditions for a visit 284
8.3.4 The code of conduct for experts on mission 286
8.3.4.1 The need fora code of conduct 287
8.3.4.2 The interest of the United Nations 288
8.3.4.3 Instructions concerning the performance of duties 290
8.3.4.4 The role of the media 291
8.4 Conclusion: Is there anything objective in the objective approach? 294
9 Attempts at Cooperation: The Dialogue Approach 301
9.1 Human rights dialogues 302
9.1.1 Replacing confrontation with dialogue 1: The case of China 304
9.1.1.1 The confrontation: Fighting the procedural motion 306
9.1.1.1.1 The "fairly consistent" common European position 312
9.1.1.1.2 The Sub-Commission: success with modesty? 315
9.1.1.2 The dialogue: Serious and constructive or toothless and
ceremonial? 321
9.1.1.2.1 Criticism of the dialogue 324
9.1.1.2.2 The difficult coexistence of the two approaches 326
9.1.2 Replacing confrontation with dialogue 2: The case of Iran 333
9.1.2.1 The confrontation: Ignorance and non-cooperation 334
9.1.2.1.1 Formulation of the concern 337
9.1.2.1.2 Different phases of cooperation 339
9.1.2.2 The dialogue: part of a more comprehensive approach 344
9.2 Statements by the Chair 346
9.2.1 Profiting from the willingness to cooperate: The case of Colombia 347
9.2.2 Between confrontation and dialogue: The case of Chechnya 349
9.3 Advisory services and technical assistance 351
9.3.1 Readiness for a genuine dialogue: The case of Guatemala 352
9.3.2 Escaping the confrontational scrutiny: The case of Burundi 356
9.4 Conclusion: Is the dialogue only a monologue in disguise? 358
PART V CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS 367
10 The Commission on Human Rights at the age fifty-nine 367
10.1 More of a forum than an actor? 369
10.2 The politicization of human rights: is it all that bad? 372
10.3 A less confrontational form of scrutiny: the unrealistic dream? 378
10.4 The necessary coexistence of "the stick" and "the carrot" 381
10.5 Rewriting the future? 386
Bibliography
Annexes
Annex 1: Country-specific and thematic special procedure mandates established by the
Commission on Human Rights between 1967 and 2004 |
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