{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Harvard Gazette","provider_url":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette","author_name":"gazetteimport","author_url":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/author\/gazetteimport\/","title":"UN's High Commissioner discusses global human rights &#8212; Harvard Gazette","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0s6EJyWf3c\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2005\/12\/uns-high-commissioner-discusses-global-human-rights\/\">UN&#8217;s High Commissioner discusses global human rights<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2005\/12\/uns-high-commissioner-discusses-global-human-rights\/embed\/#?secret=0s6EJyWf3c\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;UN&#8217;s High Commissioner discusses global human rights&#8221; &#8212; Harvard Gazette\" data-secret=\"0s6EJyWf3c\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"The day before she visited Harvard, Louise Arbour, the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, was criticized by the U.S. Ambassador to the UN, John Bolton. Arbour had just issued a statement on terrorists and torturers, in which she said that the absolute ban on torture, a cornerstone of the international human rights edifice, is under attack. The principle once believed to be unassailable ... is becoming a casualty of the so-called war on terror. To which Bolton responded that it was inappropriate and illegitimate for an international civil servant to second-guess the conduct that were engaged in in the war on terror. The next day, Dec. 8, Arbour visited the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) to have an informal, public conversation with Michael Ignatieff, Carr Professor of Human Rights Practice.","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/14-humanrights-450-1.jpg"}