Taking stock of the reform process which led to the establishment of the Human Rights Council in replacement of the Commission on Human Rights and the subsequent institution-building process, Daniela Karrenstein depicts new avenues as well as limitations for the body whose establishment was inextricably connected with the hope for a new era in human rights protection by the United Nations.

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Geboren 1978; Studium der Rechtswissenschaft in Trier und Paris; 2011 Promotion; derzeit Beigeordnete Sachverständige im Sekretariat der Vereinten Nationen in New York.