CSW’s work at the UN focuses on engagement with the wide range of existing UN international human rights mechanisms, some of which have a very specific focus on freedom of religion or belief. We also encourage the adoption of new measures and mechanisms, and have been instrumental in the development of several new human rights mechanisms at the UN over the past few years.
Within just a few weeks of its existence multiple concerns have arisen regarding its likely impact on the international system and human rights framework.
They are called illegals, migrants, aliens, refugees, immigrants, asylum seekers, invaders, displaced – each word carrying with it a subtext of who they are...