NGO PROPOSAL ON THE REVIEW OF THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
The UN General Assembly voted to conduct a review in 2011 of the work and functioning of the UN Human Rights Council. The Council has been less than effective in its mandate to promote human rights and has faced major criticism from the human rights community. The following NGOs have proposed a structure for the review that would encourage a positive outcome from the review.
Amnesty International, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM?ASIA), Association for the Prevention of Torture, Baha’i International Community, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Child Rights Information Network (CRIN), FIACAT, Human Rights Council of Australia, Human Rights Watch, International Commission of Jurists, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), International Service for Human Rights , Lutheran World Federation, NGO Group on the Convention on the Rights of the Child