VOICES FOR MULTILATERALISM AND THE UNIVERSALITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS
UN 75th ANNIVERSARY DTP co-hosted a virtual Anniversary event to mark 75th ANNIVERSARY of the signing of the UN Charter in San Francisco on 26 June, and its promise of peace, development, human rights, international cooperation and a just international order. DTP’s John Pace delivered the keynote. The UN has agreed a Declaration, 'The Future We Want, the UN We Need: Reaffirming our Collective Commitment to Multilateralism' that will be debated at the UN General Assembly in September. READ THE DECLARATION
THE UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS: 'A VERY GREAT ENTERPRISE' The former Secretary of the Human Rights Commission and DTP Board member John Pace has written a history of the Commission that led to the creation of the Human Rights Council. He addresses the successes and failures of the two bodies and comments on the future of the human rights system. READ MORE
MULTILATERALISM AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION In a speech ‘Australia and the world in the time of COVID-19’ the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Marise Payne said that international cooperation was the key to addressing the pandemic and that this was only possible through a rules based international order that includes “the norms that underpin universal human rights, gender equality and the rule of law”. READ MORE
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