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Scenario

When advocacy groups debate participating in ineffective international processes

Our advocacy organization is debating whether to participate in a UN human rights process that we know will produce non-binding recommendations that states will ignore because some of our members think engagement legitimizes inadequate mechanisms while others believe withdrawal means abandoning the only global forum we have.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

An organization faces the dilemma of legitimizing flawed systems through participation or losing influence through withdrawal.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with International law and its limits?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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