HUMAN RIGHTS: THEIR INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND PROTECTION

In: Coexistence: a review of East-West and development issues, Band 27, S. 301-336

Abstract

THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES SEVERAL ISSUES THAT HAVE ARISEN DURING THE COURSE OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN RIGHTS. THESE INCLUDE: THE EMERGENCE OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AND THE PRINCIPLE OF RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS; WHETHER THERE ARE ANY NATURAL OR UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW; WHETHER STATES WITH DIFFERENT POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND CULTURE CAN AGREE ON THE CONCEPTION AND CONTENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS;INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION VERSUS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; AND WHETHER THE NOTION OF SOLIDARITY RIGHTS OR A THIRD GENERATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS CAN OFFER MORE THAN A POLITICAL IDEA OR A LEGAL FUNCTION.