Material in this series relates to Realizing Rights – The Ethical Globalisation Initiative (RR) which was founded by Mary Robinson in October 2002 shortly after her departure from the United Nations, in partnership with the Aspen Institute, Columbia University and the International Council on Human Rights Policy. Robinson’s position within the organisation was that of President. Their stated mission was to put Human Rights standards at the heart of global governance and policy making and to ensure that the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable were addressed on global stage. The organisation focussed on three areas in particular: imbalances in global trade and development policies; global inequities in health with a particular focus on HIV/AIDS in Africa and barriers to more humane international migration. The initiative was wound down in 2010.
The series is further divided into 27 subseries. The first nine subseries relate to the organisation itself and its administration and include minutes (P143/6/1); articles, reports and background information (P143/6/2); briefing packs and biographies relating to specific visits and/or events (P143/6/3); correspondence (P143/6/4); administration, staff issues, internal correspondence (P143/6/5); press, including statements and photographs (P143/6/6); legal documents (P143/6/7); daily schedules (P143/6/8), and material which had initially been stored in file-boxes, and which have been kept together as per the pre-existing arrangement (P143/6/9).
Material in P143/6/10 relates to the relationship between RR and the Earth Institute, Columbia University where RR was based. P143/6/11-13 consists of material which was already in a pre-existing arrangement and relates to Migration, Penal Reform and the EUIC respectively [European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation].
Several of the subsequent subseries relate to sources of funding for RR (P143/6/14) and various foundations including the Ford Foundation (P143/6/15); Atlantic Philanthropies (P143/6/16); and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (P143/6/19). Other organisations covered in this series include Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights (BLIHR) 2002-2010, of which Robinson was Chair (P143/6/17); the World Bank (P143/6/18); Al Gore Generation Investment 2004-2010 (P143/6/20); World Trade Organisation 2005-2006 (P143/6/21); MLI [Ministerial Leadership Initiative for Global Health] 2007-2011 (P143/6/22); Clinton Global Initiative 2005-2014 (P143/6/23); ICCA [International Center for Corporate Accountability] 2003-2004 (P143/6/24); ICHRP [International Council of Human Rights Policy (one of the three partners involved in RR)], 2010-2011 (P143/6/25); and General Investment Management, of which Robinson was an advisory board member (P143/6/26). The final subseries consists of RR ephemera.
[Archivist’s Note 1: some material in this series has been closed due to the sensitive nature of the contents, and/or in adherence to GDPR regulations.
Archivist’s Note 2: some material overlaps with Robinson’s work with the Elders, (P143/7) and her work as patron to several organisations (P143/9)].
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