Reforming human rights: challenges facing new Human Rights Council.(AN INTERVIEW WITH BLAISE GODET)(Interview) From: Harvard International Review | Date: January 1, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 Harvard International Relations Council, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

BLAISE GODET is the current head of the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations Office in Geneva. He served as vice president of the UN Human Rights Council from its inception in 2006 to the summer of 2007.

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The United Nations has several bodies that address the issue of human rights either directly or indirectly. What is the role of the Human Rights Council within this bureaucratic structure?

It is vital that U...