Human Rights in Need of Overhaul
Iain Guest, Georgetown University | December 11, 2008
Yesterday marked the 60th anniversary of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights. ++ There is still much work to be done. ++ The UN Human Rights Council, established in 2006, has been hampered by America’s absence. ++ Compounding issues, “hapless Western governments have been consistently outmaneuvered and outvoted on the council” by nations with blatant human rights abuses. ++ Obama’s “team must propose a practical agenda” and an “overhaul of the Universal Periodic Review.” ++ “There is no time to be lost.”
