The Matrix of Human Rights Governance Networks
At the beginning of this century, the United Nations examined the manner in which a networks approach could be used to address pressing global problems. The organization focused on what it referred to as “global public-policy networks,” consisting of cooperative arrangements among three groups: governments, businesses, and civil society. Today, there exists a matrix of ten human rights governance networks in which UN global governance of economic and social affairs occurs. This article describes the UN’s study of global public policy networks; considers the proposals for global governance contained in the report of the Panel of Eminent Persons on United Nations-Civil Society Relations; examines how the UN has applied the global public-policy networks approach to create a matrix of human rights networks for the governance of economic and social affairs; explains how the UN is using the matrix to globally govern in the area of the right to health; and concludes that the UN’s creation, promotion, and management of a matrix of human rights governance networks without formally adopted UN reforms or Member State approval undermines the intergovernmental, multilateral nature of the UN. To access a copy of this article, please click here.
Kelly, James P., "The Matrix of Human Rights Governance Networks," Engage: The Journal of the Federalist Society's Practice Groups, Volume 9, Issue 1, February 2008
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