Slovenia in the United Nations Human Rights Council

Organizacija združenih narodov je mednarodna organizacija, katere delo temelji na razvoju mednarodnega prava za spodbujanje mednarodnega miru, varnosti ter spoštovanja človekovih pravic. Organizacija svoje delo opravlja z različnimi delovnimi telesi in organi. Organ, zadolžen za spremljanje spoštovanja človekovih pravic v sklopu Organizacije združenih narodov, je Svet za človekove pravice. Diplomsko delo obravnava delovanje Slovenije v mednarodnih odnosih ter njene prioritete v sklopu sodelovanja v Svetu Organizacije Združenih narodov za človekove pravice. Namen je s pomočjo analize literature ter s pomočjo analize intervjujev spoznati delovanje mednarodne organizacije OZN ter ugotoviti uspešnost dela Slovenije v zunanji politiki, natančneje v mednarodnih organizacijah, s poudarkom na delovanju Slovenije v Svetu OZN za človekove pravice. Upoštevajoč ugotovitve na podlagi prebranega gradiva ter izvedenih intervjujev s strokovnjaki iz prakse delo proučuje razvoj zunanjepolitičnih prioritet Slovenije od pridružitve OZN leta 1992 pa do danes in razloge, zaradi katerih se prioritete spreminjajo oziroma prilagajajo. Delo proučuje tudi možne spremembe in izboljšave, ki bi jih Slovenija lahko sprejela, da bi izboljšala uspešnost v mednarodnih odnosih.The United Nations is an international organisation whose work is based on the development of international law to promote international peace, security and respect for human rights. The organisation carries out its work through various working bodies. The body responsible for monitoring respect for human rights within the United Nations is the Human Rights Council. The thesis discusses Slovenia’s activities in international relations and its priorities in the context of cooperation in the United Nations Human Rights Council. The aim is to learn about the work of the international organisation of the UN through the analysis of literature and through the analysis of interviews, and to determine the success of Slovenia’s work in foreign policy, more specifically in international organisations, with an emphasis on Slovenia’s activities in the UN Human Rights Council. Taking into account the findings on the basis of read materials and interviews with experts, the work describes the development of Slovenia’s foreign policy priorities since the accession to the United Nations in 1992 and the reason why the priorities have changed or adapted since. The work also outlines possible changes and improvements Slovenia could make in order to improve its performance in international relations