Center Interviews, March 15, 2006, No. 4 [1]
Interview
The New Human Rights Council: Will the UN's best effort be good enough? An Interview with Lawrence Moss [2]
by CURE
By Gergana Nedeva
On March 15, 2006 170 member states at the United Nations agreed to establish a new Human Rights Council to replace the discredited Commission on Human Rights, despite a 'no' vote by the United States.. In February we talked with Mr. Lawrence Moss, the Special Counsel for for U.N. Reform at Human Rights Watch. Mr. Moss said "President Eliasson's text provides for significant improvement over the Commission, although it is not as strong as Human Rights Watch had sought."