Human Rights Diplomacy: Inside The United Nations

Human rights diplomacy requires a strategic approach that should be grounded in human rights law and applied to developing the law, strengthening it, and furthering its aims and objectives. It might be described as an important link between the codification of human rights in international law and public advocacy for human rights that can lead to the progressive development and implementation of human rights norms and standards. 

Human rights diplomacy is also a tool used by diplomats to advance current national interests as well as to confront long-standing geo-political and economic grievances. Human rights diplomacy is also relevant to the fulfillment of the mandate of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. This event offers a unique opportunity to hear from a seasoned insider about this important and wide-ranging area of diplomatic engagement.

In this public lecture Dr Ibrahim Salama, Director of the Human Rights Treaties Division in the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, will address such questions as: What is human rights diplomacy? And how does the link among codification, advocacy and implementation of human rights norms really play out?

This event is free and open to all with no ticket or pre-registration required.

For more information, visit the LSE Public Events page.