Examine the functions of United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and discuss the impact of recent withdrawal of U.S from UNHRC. (200 words)
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IAS Parliament 7 years
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IAS Parliament 7 years
KEY POINTS
Functions
· It serves as a forum for dialogue among States, with input from other stakeholders.
· It may issue resolutions calling on States to take specific actions, or it may create mechanisms to investigate or monitor questions of concern.
· The HRC may also create or renew the mandates of “special procedures”.
· The special procedures may be individual experts or working group appointed to monitor human rights around priority themes or in specific countries with serious human rights problems.
· The Council also manages the Universal Periodic Review, a process through which each UN Member State’s overall human rights record is reviewed.
Impacts
· Reforms - HRC reform discussions are going on, with engagement by states and human rights organizations.
· US's impatience to stay on course a multilateral process may delay the reform process.
· Global - Withdrawal would make it more difficult to advance human rights priorities around the world.
· It could encourage countries such as Cuba, Russia, Egypt and Pakistan to resist UN's authority citing it as interference in their sovereign issues.
· It may trigger many countries towards withdrawal.
