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Louise Arbour

Louise Arbour is United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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  • Human Rights Made Whole

    Series: Human Rights
    2008-06-26
    For more than 60 years, one category of human rights – civil and political – has taken priority over economic, social, and cultural rights. But that is about to change, as the UN will soon adopt a new Protocol for the Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights as a vehicle – similar to those created for other core human rights treaties – to expose abuse.... read
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