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University of Connecticut's UNESCO chair in comparative human rights professor is off to Argentina to help start a world center for human rights.

History and Human Rights Professor Amii Omara-Otunnu has been asked to help Argentina frame a proposal for its new World Center for the Advancement of Human Rights. Otunnu says it's time to create an organization that will look at human rights from the global and comparative perspective.

"We live in a world that is so interdependent, that whatever happens in any region in the world effects all of us in one way, and I think we need to approach, to adopt a more interdependent approach."

Otunnu says the center's focus will not only be to look at human rights violations but also to chart best practices.

"There are a lot of societies that have done phenomenally well in observing human rights, promoting human rights, and really need to promote those ideas, share them all over the world. Let people know that in some aspects we may fall short, in other areas we are doing well. We should not have the zero-sum game. I think all we are doing is highlighting the violations, violations, violations. We should also be in the position to acknowledge and share with other people what are called good practices."

Otunnu says its "redeeming" for Argentina to create such a center given its recent history. The proposal will be sent to UNESCO's headquarters in Paris, France for final approval later this month.