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.
An organization faces the dilemma of legitimizing flawed systems through participation or losing influence through withdrawal.
“Where Are You with International law and its limits?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.