Analytical study of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the fundamental principle of participation and its application in the context of globalization : report of the High Commissioner

Outlines the legal basis of participation in the principal human rights treaties; considers the promotion of participatory rights in national-level policy-making as it relates to globalization; the capacity of States to respect the will of the people in decision-making processes in global institutions; and the increasing role of individuals and groups, through civil society organizations, to take part in policy discussion and decision-making at the global level.

23 p.

Submitted pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 2004/24.
Includes endnotes and bibliographical references (p. 19-23).