Index of Human Rights in the UN

Synopsis

Regrettably, abuses of human rights takes place on a routine basis in many regimes around the world, including those that like to describe themselves as "democratic". The United Nations and some NGOs publish reports of these activities, but their details are available only to scholars and specialists. This enables abuses to continue, and allows political leaders to describe certain states as "evil", when there may be other states with whom they have good relations who have worse records. By ranking all states according to their performance, an Index of Human Rights published annually by the UN would exert a steady upward pressure on governments' human rights performance. The full background to this proposal can be found here: http://www.greenhealth.org.uk/Index%20of%20Governance.htm

Motion on Index of Human Rights in the UN

Whereas all governments currently  have their human rights record (relating to use of  torture, political imprisonment and other human rights matters)  continuously assessed by the UN, we ask the European Green Party to press for these records to be published annually by the UN Human Rights Council, ranked and ordered in such a way that the spectrum of all governments' human rights performance, ranging from best to worst, will be easily apparent to any interested observer.

Any government concerned at its standing in this UN Index of Human Rights will be offered assistance in improving their performance by the UN Human Rights Council. A specified number of governments with the poorest record of  human rights as measured on this Index will have their performance subject to legal investigation in a competent international court.