Скачать или смотреть 📢 New ISHR report: Budget Battles at the UN: How States try to Defund Human Rights

Drawing on extensive interviews and an analysis of official UN documents and budget data from 2019 to 2024, ISHR reveals how coordinated obstruction by certain States led by China and Russia, combined with the US and China’s failure to pay their assessments in full and on time (respectively), are undermining the UN’s ability to fund and implement its human rights mandates.

The report documents how China, Russia and other States have actively sought to cut funding for OHCHR and defund Human Rights Council mandates.

The US under the second Trump administration has made major cuts to its UN funding. As the US steps back from the UN, it will create space for China and Russia to expand their influence within budgetary processes at a time of critical structural UN reform.

China is seeking to redefine how the UN tackles human rights issues by leading efforts with Russia to cut funding for country-specific investigations, civil and political rights mandates and access for civil society

More States must back a principled stance on respecting the human rights functions of the UN and step up efforts to protect the human rights budget in the UN’s 5th Committee and related bodies.

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