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International Human Rights Law
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The concepts of humanitarian intervention, self-determination, and providing relief to the wounded and other victims of armed conflicts can be viewed as the roots of human rights law. Modern international human rights law dates from World War II and its aftermath. The United Nations Charter (http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/aunchart.htm), signed June 26, 1945, sought to acknowledge the importance of human rights and established it as a matter of international concern. Article 1(3) (http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/chapter1.html) specifically states that one of the purposes of the UN is "[t]o achieve international cooperation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion". Articles 55 and 56 (http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/ chapter9.html) of the Charter set out the basic human rights obligations of the UN and its member states.
The rights and obligations enumerated in the Charter were codified in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/b1udhr.htm). This was the first instrument to really articulate the fundamental rights and freedoms of all people. Following the Declaration, the UN Commission on Human Rights drafted the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/b3ccpr.htm) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/b2esc.htm). Together, these three documents (with the Optional Protocols to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) comprise the International Bill of Human Rights (http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/auob.htm
Marci Hoffman - Personal Name
1st Edition
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International Human Rights Law
Management
English
American Society of International Law
2013
1-135
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