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Can there be a universal norm of human rights?
Title: Can there be a universal norm of human rights?
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics
Details: Words: 1599 | Pages: 6.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
Can there be a universal norm of human rights?
The United Nations Organization was established in 1945 on the basis of “faith in fundamental human rights.” It furthermore committed itself to promoting “universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion.” Member States solemnly pledged themselves “to take joint and separate action in co-operation with the Organization” for the achievement of that commitment. In the first twenty years of its existence, the …showed first 75 words of 1599 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1599 total…something which no one may be deprived of without grave affront to justice; something which is owing to every human being simply because he is human. But it is also not certain that citizens of certain countries know the rights to which they are entitled under the UDHR. However, this is not a reason to abandon human rights, for I conclude that the universality of human rights is a possibility... but perhaps not a probability.
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