Contesting Human Rights Defenders at the United Nations Human Rights Council

IF 1.7 Q2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Global Society Pub Date : 2021-02-19 DOI:10.1080/13600826.2021.1881049

M. Voss

引用次数: 2

Abstract

ABSTRACT Human rights defenders (HRD) are facing shrinking spaces. The United Nations Human Rights Council (Council) is one of these potentially shrinking spaces. At the Council, there exists significant contestation over HRD and their role in human rights protection. Resolutions on HRD are facing contestation including lengthy debates and record-setting numbers of amendments by opponents of HRD initiatives. This paper uses theories of contestation from international relations to examine how Member States both advocate for and against HRD at the Council. Case study analysis including participant observation and elite-level interviews are used to examine strategies used by Member States. The paper finds that both advocates and proponents use a multitude of strategies aimed at defending or defeating the validity and application of HRD resolutions. This type of contestation matters for HRD because it eventually impacts the ability of defenders to promote and protect human rights on the ground.

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联合国人权理事会上的人权捍卫者

摘要：人权维护者（HRD）面临着日益缩小的空间。联合国人权理事会（理事会）就是这些潜在的缩小空间之一。在人权理事会，人们对人权发展及其在保护人权方面的作用存在重大争议。关于人力资源开发的决议正面临争议，包括长时间的辩论和反对人力资源开发倡议的人提出的创纪录的修正案。本文运用国际关系中的争议理论来考察会员国如何在理事会中既支持又反对人力资源开发。案例研究分析包括参与者观察和精英级别访谈，用于审查会员国使用的战略。论文发现，倡导者和支持者都使用了多种策略，旨在捍卫或挫败人权发展决议的有效性和适用性。这种类型的争论对人权发展很重要，因为它最终会影响维权者在当地促进和保护人权的能力。

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来源期刊

Global Society INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-

CiteScore

3.10

自引率

6.20%

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期刊介绍： Global Society covers the new agenda in global and international relations and encourages innovative approaches to the study of global and international issues from a range of disciplines. It promotes the analysis of transactions at multiple levels, and in particular, the way in which these transactions blur the distinction between the sub-national, national, transnational, international and global levels. An ever integrating global society raises a number of issues for global and international relations which do not fit comfortably within established "Paradigms" Among these are the international and global consequences of nationalism and struggles for identity, migration, racism, religious fundamentalism, terrorism and criminal activities.