United Nations Commission on Human Rights
ORG
United Nations Commission on Human Rights United Nations
The president of the General Assembly, Jan Eliasson of Sweden, has led five months of negotiations to develop a proposal to reform the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. Despite of this fact, the commission has accomplished many things, including the adoption of human rights standards, treaties and fact-finding mechanisms that measure the performance of governments, it has become more of a political battleground than a meaningful force for protecting victims of human rights violations, and it must be reformed. Last year, Secretary General Kofi Annan boldly proposed that the United Nations replace the commission with a new more elevated and effective body.