What future policies for protecting human rights? (WPS05/23)
- Date
- Friday 14 - Sunday 16 January, 2005
- Venue
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Wiston House
Wilton Park
Wiston House, Steyning
West Sussex
BN44 3DZ
+44 (0) 1903 815 020For more information see Your stay at Wilton Park
- Event no.
- WPS05-23
In cooperation with The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Berne and The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo
- What actions can governments take bilaterally, or multilaterally, to encourage other governments to comply with universal human rights standards?
- Is it useful to engage with, or isolate, offending governments?
- How effective are ‘human rights dialogues’?
- What role does the Human Rights Commission play in advancing multilateral human rights policies, and is it effective in this?
- Could its performance be improved through its reform?
- How should the UN Security Council pay more attention to human rights considerations in the action it takes?
- Are double standards in play?