Speaking to the newspaper Le Parisien for the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Wednesday, Mr. Kouchner said: "One cannot decide the foreign policy of a country only as a function of human rights.
"It's really a bad decision, and it is not only going to harm the ability of the United Nations to function on human rights issues because the United States was the one who was depended upon to introduce some of the resolutions, but I also believe that it will harm the United Nations," Dr. Albright said.
It is no coincidence that lots of European countries combine the function of national protector of human rights and the public service ombudsman function.
Rather than functioning as the bastion of human rights that it was established to be, it has instead become the entity responsible for balancing the needs of a state engaged in a prolonged occupation with basic principles of democracy.
Unfortunately, at the heart of the draft declaration are a series of proposals which would irrevocably change the function of the European court of human rights and reduce its effectiveness.
The lord chancellor, Derry Irvine, would surely have explained that it is the function of the European court of human rights, in partnership with national courts, to interpret the European convention, not "other EU countries".
The functions of the Commission are the promotion of human rights, the protection of these rights, interpretation of the African Charter, and the performance of "any other tasks" requested by the AU (Article 45).
The Inter American Commission on Human Rights has the principal function of promoting the observance and defense of human rights in the Americas regarding all the member States of the Organization of American States.
American's have a common need a functioning and thoughtful government that is based on our core values of human rights and equal opportunity.
He defined this civic liberation as one respectful of human rights with transparent governance, an independent judiciary, a free press, properly functioning schools and hospitals, "and — most pressing — a determination born from the conversion of hearts to excise corruption".
