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UN’s 75th Anniversary: India’s Past Leadership in Promoting Human Rights at the UN

Raphaëlle Khan
Monday, September 14, 2020

In June 2020, India was elected a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC). This comes at a crucial time for the current multilateral order, which to many observers has entered a state of crisis. Climate change and COVID-19 are only the most glaring reminder of the urgent need for global cooperation. Yet, never has the post-war global order been so besieged by unilateral and nationalist tendencies.

संयुक्त राष्ट्र की 75 वीं वर्षगाँठः संयुक्त राष्ट्र में मानवाधिकार को आगे बढ़ाने में अतीत में भारत का नेतृत्व

Debjani Bhattacharyya

Debjani Bhattacharyya holds the Chair for the History of the Anthropocene at the University of Zürich. Previously, she was an Associate Professor of History and Urban Studies at Drexel University. Her work lies at the intersection of legal and environmental history. Her research is driven by the desire to understand how legal and economic structures order our conceptualization of environmental transformations and shape how we respond to climate crises.