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Sur Revista Internacional De Direitos Humanos, 2007

Page 1. 2007 Número 7 • Año 4 7 Edición en Español Español 7 revista internacional de derechos hu... more Page 1. 2007 Número 7 • Año 4 7 Edición en Español Español 7 revista internacional de derechos humanos revista internacional de derechos humanos Lucia Nader El papel de las ONG en el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU ...

O país aguarda para saber se os novos partidos conseguirão transformar o sistema ou vão sucumbir ... more O país aguarda para saber se os novos partidos conseguirão transformar o sistema ou vão sucumbir diante do poder

After decolonization, many African political groups lost touch with the grassroots. Let’s not let... more After decolonization, many African political groups lost touch with the grassroots. Let’s not let the same happen to the continent’s professional human rights groups.

With issues and actors constantly evolving, traditional human rights organizations and activists ... more With issues and actors constantly evolving, traditional human rights organizations and activists must balance conventional and innovative methods.

In view of the recent worldwide wave of street protests challenging current modes of democratic r... more In view of the recent worldwide wave of street protests challenging current modes of democratic representation, and drawing on the author's years of experience leading the NGO Conectas Human Rights, along with conversations held with partners in Brazil and other countries, this article mulls over human rights organisations’ stance and role in the 21st century. Such street mobilisations point to the diversification of actors and struggles, mistrust in public institutions, and the empowerment of the individual as a political actor. In this article, the author briefly discusses: (i) the context of multiple struggles, interlocutors, and levels of action to be engaged in by human rights organisations; (ii) how these organisations are related to the crises of representation and effectiveness of State institutions; and (iii) how they interact with and strengthen individuals as activists and political actors. By drawing on the distinctions between organisational activism and selfactivism, it points to the need for human rights organisations to strike a balance between their solid presence with long-term mindset, and fluidity to adapt and take advantage of the opportunities that contemporary society provides.

Brazilian foreign policy is undergoing a progressive, yet still modest, process of transformation... more Brazilian foreign policy is undergoing a progressive, yet still modest, process of transformation. The country’s social and economic transformations and intense social pressure in order to open-up the black box of policy making have made the democratization of foreign policy not just inevitable, but also essential for Brazil’s aspirations for prominence on the world stage.

There is a perverse see-saw effect in place within the BRICS countries. In Brazil, as the governm... more There is a perverse see-saw effect in place within the BRICS countries. In Brazil, as the government grows in prominence and companies become more global and voracious, human rights NGOs face a sustainability crisis and find their budgets shrinking. Are these two developments connected?

Para as autoras, o ponto alto da atuação do Brasil em nível internacional foi, sem dúvida, a prom... more Para as autoras, o ponto alto da atuação do Brasil em nível internacional foi, sem dúvida, a promoção do engajamento da comunidade internacional na luta contra a pobreza e a fome no mundo. Por outro lado o conceito de não-interferência fez com que o Brasil tivesse um posicionamento bastante ambíguo .em votações do Conselho de Direitos Humanos.

This article aims at recalling the making-of of Conectas Human Rights, a human rights internation... more This article aims at recalling the making-of of Conectas Human Rights, a human rights international organization in/from the Global South, created by a group of practitioners and academics in São Paulo, Brazil. Based on the authors’ experience as former and current executive directors of Conectas, this article covers the main aspects of Conectas’s Global South Program, concentrating its analysis on the International Human Rights Colloquium and the Foreign Policy Project, as part of Conectas’s efforts to reach out to organizations and networks outside Brazil, to bridge the gap between human rights and other disciplines and to facilitate their access to the United Nations.

The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in June 2007 completed its first year of activities having def... more The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in June 2007 completed its first year of activities
having defined its principal institutional characteristics and its operating mechanisms. In this
article, I propose to trace a brief history of this first year of the Council’s activities and suggest
some forms of action that can be taken by non-governmental organizations.

Sur Revista Internacional De Direitos Humanos, 2007

Page 1. 2007 Número 7 • Año 4 7 Edición en Español Español 7 revista internacional de derechos hu... more Page 1. 2007 Número 7 • Año 4 7 Edición en Español Español 7 revista internacional de derechos humanos revista internacional de derechos humanos Lucia Nader El papel de las ONG en el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU ...

O país aguarda para saber se os novos partidos conseguirão transformar o sistema ou vão sucumbir ... more O país aguarda para saber se os novos partidos conseguirão transformar o sistema ou vão sucumbir diante do poder

After decolonization, many African political groups lost touch with the grassroots. Let’s not let... more After decolonization, many African political groups lost touch with the grassroots. Let’s not let the same happen to the continent’s professional human rights groups.

With issues and actors constantly evolving, traditional human rights organizations and activists ... more With issues and actors constantly evolving, traditional human rights organizations and activists must balance conventional and innovative methods.

In view of the recent worldwide wave of street protests challenging current modes of democratic r... more In view of the recent worldwide wave of street protests challenging current modes of democratic representation, and drawing on the author's years of experience leading the NGO Conectas Human Rights, along with conversations held with partners in Brazil and other countries, this article mulls over human rights organisations’ stance and role in the 21st century. Such street mobilisations point to the diversification of actors and struggles, mistrust in public institutions, and the empowerment of the individual as a political actor. In this article, the author briefly discusses: (i) the context of multiple struggles, interlocutors, and levels of action to be engaged in by human rights organisations; (ii) how these organisations are related to the crises of representation and effectiveness of State institutions; and (iii) how they interact with and strengthen individuals as activists and political actors. By drawing on the distinctions between organisational activism and selfactivism, it points to the need for human rights organisations to strike a balance between their solid presence with long-term mindset, and fluidity to adapt and take advantage of the opportunities that contemporary society provides.

Brazilian foreign policy is undergoing a progressive, yet still modest, process of transformation... more Brazilian foreign policy is undergoing a progressive, yet still modest, process of transformation. The country’s social and economic transformations and intense social pressure in order to open-up the black box of policy making have made the democratization of foreign policy not just inevitable, but also essential for Brazil’s aspirations for prominence on the world stage.

There is a perverse see-saw effect in place within the BRICS countries. In Brazil, as the governm... more There is a perverse see-saw effect in place within the BRICS countries. In Brazil, as the government grows in prominence and companies become more global and voracious, human rights NGOs face a sustainability crisis and find their budgets shrinking. Are these two developments connected?

Para as autoras, o ponto alto da atuação do Brasil em nível internacional foi, sem dúvida, a prom... more Para as autoras, o ponto alto da atuação do Brasil em nível internacional foi, sem dúvida, a promoção do engajamento da comunidade internacional na luta contra a pobreza e a fome no mundo. Por outro lado o conceito de não-interferência fez com que o Brasil tivesse um posicionamento bastante ambíguo .em votações do Conselho de Direitos Humanos.

This article aims at recalling the making-of of Conectas Human Rights, a human rights internation... more This article aims at recalling the making-of of Conectas Human Rights, a human rights international organization in/from the Global South, created by a group of practitioners and academics in São Paulo, Brazil. Based on the authors’ experience as former and current executive directors of Conectas, this article covers the main aspects of Conectas’s Global South Program, concentrating its analysis on the International Human Rights Colloquium and the Foreign Policy Project, as part of Conectas’s efforts to reach out to organizations and networks outside Brazil, to bridge the gap between human rights and other disciplines and to facilitate their access to the United Nations.

The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in June 2007 completed its first year of activities having def... more The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in June 2007 completed its first year of activities
having defined its principal institutional characteristics and its operating mechanisms. In this
article, I propose to trace a brief history of this first year of the Council’s activities and suggest
some forms of action that can be taken by non-governmental organizations.