I Deleted 7 Principles to Protect Them All (HRC60 Negotiation Psychology)

The backwards UN strategy that confused everyone (including my team)

Oct 08, 2025

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Okay, so everyone thinks anchoring high means asking for the moon.

Wrong.

At HRC60, while States and some Indigenous colleagues wanted seven principles spelled out, I deleted every single one. They thought I’d lost my mind. Actually, I was trying to protect those principles from getting picked apart.

But I truly believe, sometimes zero is stronger than sev…

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