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This article adopts the colloquial interpretation of the term '''human rights''' as a '''''universal''''' body of entitlements, as distinct from its broader interpretation as the equivalent of domestic "[[civil rights]]". It is mainly concerned with the developments of the concept of human rights that have taken place since the issue in 1948 of the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]. Among those developments have been its near-universal popular endorsement as a statement of the principles that should govern the way governments treat their citizens, and a far from universal realisation of those principles. Agencies of the [[United Nations]] have conferred operational significance on the declaration by the creation of an agreed body of [[/Addendum#United Nations human rights treaties|international treaties]] and have implemented mechanisms for monitoring compliance with them. Regional and national authorities have taken further action, extending in some cases to [[/Addendum#Human rights legislation|legislation]]. A number of civil and criminal law actions concerning human rights have been taken [[/Addendum#Human rights in the courts|in courts created for the purpose]]. Misgivings remain however, concerning the [[/Tutorials#The philosophical foundations of human the human rights concept|philosophical foundations]] of the concept, and there has been popular opposition to some of its court rulings, and to the adoption of the promotion of human rights as an objective of foreign policy. | This article adopts the colloquial interpretation of the term '''human rights''' as a '''''universal''''' body of entitlements, as distinct from its broader interpretation as the equivalent of domestic "[[civil rights]]". It is mainly concerned with the developments of the concept of human rights that have taken place since the issue in 1948 of the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]. Among those developments have been its near-universal popular endorsement as a statement of the principles that should govern the way governments treat their citizens, and a far from universal realisation of those principles. Agencies of the [[United Nations]] have conferred operational significance on the declaration by the creation of an agreed body of [[/Addendum#United Nations human rights treaties|international treaties]] and have implemented mechanisms for monitoring compliance with them. Regional and national authorities have taken further action, extending in some cases to [[/Addendum#Human rights legislation|legislation]]. A number of civil and criminal law actions concerning human rights have been taken [[/Addendum#Human rights in the courts|in courts created for the purpose]]. Misgivings remain however, concerning the [[/Tutorials#The philosophical foundations of human the human rights concept|philosophical foundations]] of the concept, and there has been popular opposition to some of its court rulings, and to the adoption of the promotion of human rights as an objective of foreign policy. | ||
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== | ==Introduction== | ||
===Historical background=== | ===Historical background=== | ||
The inspiration for the 1948 declaration is generally held to have been revulsion at the treatment or the victims of the [[holocaust]] | |||
===Philosophical objections=== | ===Philosophical objections=== | ||
cultural relativism<ref>[http://humansecurityconf.polsci.chula.ac.th/Documents/Presentations/Shanawez.pdf Hossain Shanawez: ''Human Security in Asia: by Universal Human Right or Cultural Relativism?'', ]</ref> | cultural relativism<ref>[http://humansecurityconf.polsci.chula.ac.th/Documents/Presentations/Shanawez.pdf Hossain Shanawez: ''Human Security in Asia: by Universal Human Right or Cultural Relativism?'', ]</ref> | ||
==Implementation== | ==Implementation== | ||
Revision as of 12:31, 8 August 2012
This article adopts the colloquial interpretation of the term human rights as a universal body of entitlements, as distinct from its broader interpretation as the equivalent of domestic "civil rights". It is mainly concerned with the developments of the concept of human rights that have taken place since the issue in 1948 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Among those developments have been its near-universal popular endorsement as a statement of the principles that should govern the way governments treat their citizens, and a far from universal realisation of those principles. Agencies of the United Nations have conferred operational significance on the declaration by the creation of an agreed body of international treaties and have implemented mechanisms for monitoring compliance with them. Regional and national authorities have taken further action, extending in some cases to legislation. A number of civil and criminal law actions concerning human rights have been taken in courts created for the purpose. Misgivings remain however, concerning the philosophical foundations of the concept, and there has been popular opposition to some of its court rulings, and to the adoption of the promotion of human rights as an objective of foreign policy.
Introduction
Historical background
The inspiration for the 1948 declaration is generally held to have been revulsion at the treatment or the victims of the holocaust
Philosophical objections
cultural relativism[1]