Human Rights Standards: Learning from Experience
HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS: LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE, ICHRP, Geneva, Switzerland, 2006
91 Pages Posted: 16 Feb 2010
Date Written: 2006
Abstract
Since the Universal Declaration on Human Rights was adopted in 1948, numerous human rights standards have been created at the initiative of states, non-governmental organisations, victims, and other actors. They have transformed international law. Human Rights Standards: Learning from Experience examines the unpredictable history of past standard-setting and the options available to those who advocate new standards in the future. It considers when new standards are needed, the forms they take, where they can be negotiated, and who is involved.
Keywords: human rights, standards
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