Melnyk’s deep knowledge of the issue traces the aspirations of the Holy See at the United Nations to its theological roots, which want the Holy See to be a voice for the defense of human dignity.
The UN is increasing interactions with faith-based organizations (FBO) due to an awareness that the ‘values’ FBOs bring to global governance need to be factored in to its deliberations.
There are many policy issues at the national and international levels that could be informed by the right to health, but an important one concerns access to health care by irregular migrants.
The automatic dismissal of sanctions as pointless and ineffective obscures a basic fact: sanctions are only as good as the efforts of member states to give them effect.
The idea of sustainable development might be rhetorical. With that in mind, there may be very little substance for the UN or other agencies to showcase.
Advocates should attempt to understand why resistance exists to such a seemingly obvious universal public good as the Arms Trade Treaty in order to think differently about moving the agenda forward.
Now may be the right time to shift attention from the UNSC to an alternative forum through which the implications of climate change could be discussed and solutions elicited.
R2P offers itself as an attractive, all-encompassing alternative to those who want more emphasis on measures short of war. In Mali, it has a positive role to play in responding to human rights violations.
In yet another example of its limited abilities to impact international outcomes, the UNSC again this week agreed to sanction North Korea in an effort to deter threats of nuclear war.
Despite the successes of the Montreal Protocol, the challenges facing global environmental governance have intensified over the last two decades due to changes in rules and attitudes.
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