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	High Commissioner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		High Commissioners also play a part in important ceremonies of state, such as the annual Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, and royal funerals.
		Historically, in the British Empire High Commissioners were envoys of the Imperial Government appointed to manage protectorates or groups of territories not fully under the sovereignty of the British Crown.
		The role of High Commissioner for Southern Africa was coupled with that of governor of Cape Colony in the nineteenth century giving the colonial administrator in question responsibility both for administering British possessions and relating to neighbouring Boer settlements.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/High_Commission (778 words)

	Human rights - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Human rights (natural rights) are rights which some hold to be "inalienable" and belonging to all humans, according to natural law.
		Rights may also be non-derogable (not limited in times of National Emergency) - these often include the right to life, the right to be prosecuted only according to the laws that are in existence at the time of the offence, the right to be free from slavery, and the right to be free from torture.
		A categorisation offered by Karel Vasak is the three generations of human rights: first-generation civil and political rights (right to life and political participation), second-generation economic, social and cultural rights (right to subsistence) and third-generation solidarity rights (right to peace, right to clean environment).
	open-encyclopedia.com /Human_rights (1183 words)

	High Commissioner for Human Rights (HCHR) - Commission on Human Rights
		The High Commissioner stated that ensuring that innocent people do not become the victims of counter-terrorism measures should be an important component of the anti-terrorism strategy, noting that this requires that states adhere strictly to their international obligations to uphold human rights and fundamental freedoms.
		The High Commissioner stated that, in light of the serious human rights concerns that could arise from the misapplication of resolution 1373 (2001), it would be desirable that a human rights expert assist the Committee.
		The High Commissioner also stated that extreme poverty remains amongst the most serious causes of human insecurity; the pursuit of a rights-based approach to development and the right to development are crucial in addressing the root causes of conflict and terrorism.
	www.hri.ca /fortherecord2002/vol1/hchrchr.htm (1084 words)

	High Commissioner for Human Rights (HCHR)
		On the right to development, the report states that the UN system is in the process of accepting a rights-based approach to development, which orients activities not simply in terms of human needs or of development requirements, but in terms of society's obligations to respond to the inalienable rights of individuals.
		The report concludes by stating that the UN human rights programme is growing in breadth and complexity as are the challenges facing the effective implementation of the mandate of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
		The High Commissioner supported the call for states to ratify all of the international instruments in the field of human rights, humanitarian and refugee law, to withdraw reservations and, most importantly, to comply fully with their provisions.
	www.hri.ca /fortherecord1999/vol1/hchr.htm (1562 words)

	High Commissioner for Human Rights (HCHR)
		The CHR encouraged the High Commissioner, within her mandate, to continue to play an active role in promoting and protecting all human rights, including in the prevention of human rights violations throughout the world.
		On the right to development and the prevention of human rights violations, the report notes that the circular relationship between development and human rights very often leads to the question whether the advancement of human rights is a condition for development, or development a condition for the full enjoyment by people of their human rights.
		The High Commissioner's report to the Substantive Session of ECOSOC (E/2000/83) provides information on, inter alia: the World Conference against Racism; human rights, social development and the human rights of women; the World Summit for Social Development; the Fourth World Conference on Women; national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights.
	www.hri.ca /fortherecord2000/vol1/hchr.htm (1841 words)

	Mary Robinson U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights
		But 1997 was also the year that Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland, took office as the U.N. high commissioner for human rights-and when she used the phrase human rights, it meant exactly what it should.
		On her watch, human rights would come to mean a lot more inside the U.N. bureaucracy than ever before.
		She claims one consequence of her success is that there is "more linkage being made by leaders of developing countries between human rights and economic and social development.
	www.thirdworldtraveler.com /Heroes/Mary_Robinson.html (1469 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Talking Point \| Forum \| UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
		He took over his role from the former commissioner Mary Robinson and says his brief is to protect civilian populations in conflict, combat racism and discrimination, and promote the rights of women.
		My question is: When we talk of human rights in the world, normally we will localise it to a certain country and there may be a few countries or more with a bad record on human rights.
		So I entirely agree with you, the concept of human rights is not localised, it is universal and we're talking about the concept of humanity as a whole, not particular people in a particular country.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/talking_point/forum/2523983.stm (4227 words)

	Mary Robinson, High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Mary Robinson became High Commissioner for Human Rights on 12 September 1997, following her nomination to the post by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the endorsement of the General Assembly.
		Under her leadership, the Office has been gearing up to better face existing and emerging human rights challenges, harnessing the energies of new actors in the global quest for a universal culture of respect for fundamental rights and freedoms.
		In September 1998, she was the first High Commissioner to visit China, signing an agreement that should lead to a wide-ranging programme of cooperation for the improvement of human rights in that country.
	www.unhchr.ch /html/hchr/unhc.htm (751 words)

	Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
		The concept of a High Commissioner for Human Rights was first suggested by Jacob Blaustein in the Dag Hammarskjold Memorial Lecture at Columbia University in 1963.
		The idea was to center the promotion, respect and encouragement of international Human Rights in a person of "high moral standing and personal integrity" as described in the 1993 General Assembly resolution creating the office.
		The High Commissioner for Human Rights should be an activist, but not a duplicate of the "politically correct" UN Human Rights establishment.
	www.unwatch.org /pbworks/advocedge.html (613 words)

	Integrating human rights with sustainable human development-A UNDP Policy document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		We are all custodians of human rights, the birthright of all human beings.
		Human rights are based on respect for the dignity and worth of all human beings and seek to ensure freedom from fear and want.
		Thus to basic civil and political rights are added crucial social, economic and cultural rights, including the right to an adequate standard of living; the right to education; the right to work and to equal pay for equal work; and the right of minorities to enjoy their own culture, religion and language.
	magnet.undp.org /Docs/policy5.html (9710 words)

	The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (from human rights) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Human rights at the turn of the 21st century
		They refer to a wide continuum of values or capabilities thought to enhance human agency and declared to be universal in character, in some sense equally claimed for all human beings.
		It has been referred to as humanity's Magna Carta by Eleanor Roosevelt, who chaired the United Nations (UN) Commission on Human Rights that was responsible for the drafting of the document.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-219338 (1015 words)

	High Commissioner for Human Rights calls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Joanna Weschler of the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) told IPS that at the April session of the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, there was an attempt to initiate a resolution to monitor these new restrictive measures.
		Several human rights organizations have complained that the government's refusal to disclose the identities of many of those detained or to specify charges, are violations of basic human rights.
		AI also listed several "significant human rights failings" by the United States, including authorization of military tribunals to try alleged terrorists; selective application of Geneva Convention guarantees for Taliban and al-Qaeda prisoners held at the UN naval base in Guantanamo Bay; and indefinite detention of foreigners held without charge or access to lawyers.
	www.cyberdyaryo.com /features/f2002_0610_02.htm (833 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » High commissioner for Human Rights expresses concern over developments in ...
		Nepal is already in the midst of a human rights crisis, which has been ompounded compounded in recent years by the absence of a parliament and a democratically elected Government.
		Finally I wish to recall that Nepal is a party to all key human rights instruments, and is as such obliged to ensure the enjoyment of the rights contained therein by its people.
		The core of these human rights cannot be suspended under any circumstances, not even during a state of emergency.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MHII-6985VM?OpenDocument (377 words)

	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights... - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit Nepal
		United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour will make a first-hand assessment of the situation in Nepal when she visits the country from 23 to 26 January.
		The visit will begin officially on 24 January with the High Commissioner's participation in the Conference on Peace and Human Rights, which is being organized by the National Human Rights Commission of Nepal (NHRC).
		During its sixtieth session last year, the Commission on Human Rights adopted a Chairman's statement expressing support for the Government's efforts and those of the OHCHR aimed at developing technical assistance, advisory services and to facilitate the necessary external assistance, especially to the NHRC.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MHII-68T827?OpenDocument (427 words)

	Letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Regrettably, the human rights mechanisms whose supervision you have undertaken exhibit very serious flaws.
		While granting lip service to the principles of human rights, the powerful can commit grievous abuses and yet avoid accountability, suppressing their victims' rights under international law as effectively as domestic remedies are withheld.
		Human rights, based on the inherent dignity of the human person, apply to all individuals, without distinction.
	www.angelfire.com /nj/jhgraf/unhchr.html (325 words)

	FindLaw's Writ - Leavitt: New U.N. High Commissioner For Human Rights Louise Arbour
		Human rights were agreed to be "universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated." It was a time of excitement and soaring possibility for human rights believers.
		Column continues below ↓ Precisely because Robinson was successful in raising the profile of human rights issues, she frequently found herself at odds with powerful countries, including the United States.
		Indeed, one of her tactics was to publicly embarrass governments that had been found to be abusing human rights.
	writ.news.findlaw.com /commentary/20040308_leavitt.html (2324 words)

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		The Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights was established in 1999 as an independent institution within the Council of Europe.
		In accordance with his mandate, and without excluding the possibility of complementary actions, the Commissioner focuses his activity on four main areas.
		I am greatly indebted to the late Eduardo Chillida, a sculptor of singular commitment to the promotion of human rights, for granting me the use of one of his works, "Para el hombre, por los derechos humanos", as a unifying symbol for my diverse institutional activities.
	www.commissioner.coe.int (225 words)

	High Commissioner for Human Rights - Commission on Human Rights
		The High Commissioner stated that it is the role of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to spearhead the quest for more effective protection of human rights.
		The High Commissioner asked whether the time had not come for the Commission to develop a code of guidelines for access to membership of the Commission and a code of conduct for members while they serve on the CHR.
		The Commission adopted a decision (2003/113) by recorded vote - 28 in favour, 24 opposed, 1 abstention - on enhancing the functioning of the OHCHR in regard to the operation of the CHR's mechanism.
	www.hri.ca /fortherecord2003/vol1/hchrchr.htm (296 words)

	Geneva International Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The UN General Assembly agreed in December 1993 to establish a High Commissioner for Human Rights charged with protecting human rights around the world.
		The High Commissioner is the principal UN official charged with promoting and protecting the effective enjoyment by all civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights.
		Through the Centre for Human Rights, the commissioner oversees advisory services and technical and financial assistance to states and regional organisations, and coordinates human rights activities throughout the UN system.
	geneva.intl.ch /gi/egi/egi009.htm (79 words)

	High Commissioner for Human Rights
		The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is Mary Robinson.
		She has the principal responsibility for United Nations human rights activities, under the direction and authority of the Secretary-General.
		The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the efforts of the international human rights system to mainstream gender and the human rights of women can be found at www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/womenpub2000.htm.
	www.peacewomen.org /un/sec/hr.html (398 words)

	Human Rights resources in the United Nations system (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The mission of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is to protect and promote all human rights for all.
		Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers
		Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on use of Mercenaries as a means of Impeding the Exercise of the Right of Peoples to Self-determination
	www.un.org /issues/m-hr.asp (556 words)

	Human Rights
		The protection of fundamental human rights was a foundation stone in the establishment of the United States over 200 years ago.
		The United States understands that the existence of human rights helps secure the peace, deter aggression, promote the rule of law, combat crime and corruption, strengthen democracies, and prevent humanitarian crises.
		Under Secretary Dobriansky: "These reports are a key part of this Administration's activities to promote human rights and democracy around the world--part of President Bush's forward strategy of freedom." [full text] Briefing by Acting Assistant Secretary Kozak.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/hr (596 words)

	M2 Presswire: High Commissioner for Human Rights welcomes Sixtieth Ratification of Statute of International Criminal ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		High Commissioner for Human Rights welcomes Sixtieth Ratification of Statute of International Criminal Court.
		GENEVA -- Following is a statement issued by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson on the occasion of the deposit of the sixtieth instrument of ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court:
		All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:84735983&refid=holomed_1 (219 words)

	International Human Rights Instruments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict *
		Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights (UNESCO)
		Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who are not Nationals of the Country in which They Live
	www.unhchr.ch /html/intlinst.htm (1164 words)

	CBC News:Arbour to take UN human rights post (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Arbour, a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, made an international name for herself when she served for three years – October 1996 to September 1999 – as a war crimes prosecutor.
		"The High Commissioner for Human Rights plays a key role on the world scene, and I will devote all of my energies to this extraordinary challenge when I leave the Supreme Court of Canada in June," Arbour said in a release Friday.
		Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, congratulated Arbour on her nomination by Secretary General Kofi Annan as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
	www.cbc.ca /stories/2004/02/20/arbour_UN040219 (295 words)

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