Human Rights Under Siege - Salvaging the International Rights Regime in a Turbulent World Order

However, the past two decades have witnessed a dramatic shift in the geopolitical landscape, characterized by the erosion of multilateralism, the rise of nationalism, the resurgence of authoritarian regimes, and the discernable retreat of US leadership in global human rights advocacy. [...] Offering a critical evaluation of the US and other key members of the UN’s stance on human rights engagement—with a spotlight on Afghanistan (2001-2021) as a noteworthy instance of the UN’s and key member states’ extended commitment—the report delineates the factors contributing to the erosion of the international human rights architecture. [...] The of Global Human Rights Protection global network of NHRIs, in partnership with the Regrettably, the past decade has seen a United Nations Office of the High Commissioner significant retreat in the institutional, legal, and for Human Rights as its secretariat, evaluates political frameworks that support human rights these institutions against the Paris Principles of protection and promotion. [...] They were rather more a case of reacting to the reported human rights practices in these the military coup than to explicitly highlighting countries and the actual commitment of US the human rights focus of the sanctions. [...] Taking the historic legacy institutional approaches to the promotion of of t human rights abuses in the country, coupled human rights through the establishment of the with the composition of the political elites Human Rights and Judicial Commissions (Paras who had a limited commitment to the cause of 2, 8).