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Human rights: universality in practice

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This book is the result of many years of study and active involvement in human rights. The fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights formed a direct occasion for its publication. The question of to what extent human right are universal is the general overall theme of the book. It is explicitly dealt with in a number of places. Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, a great number of international treaties and declarations have seen the light. Their implementation is deficient, however. Many states, especially in Asia, pay lip service to the universal validity of human rights, but see their supervision as a chiefly domestic affair. In some parts of the world there are regional supervision mechanisms to which citizens can turn when domestic remedies have been exhausted. Non-governmental organizations provide reliable information about violations of human rights. International criminal tribunals, on the former Yugoslavia and on Rwanda, and truth and reconciliation commissions are recently established institutions which aim to implement international humanitarianism and human rights law. As a political scientist, the author emphasizes the political features of human rights without ignoring their legal aspects.

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New York : Palgrave Macmillan., 1999

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xii, 178 hal.; 22 cm

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English

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0312221800

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KP.1

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Hak asasi manusia

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