Citation

Kausikan B. Stud. Conflict Terrorism 1993; 16(4): 241-261.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10576109308435934

PMID

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Abstract

Since the end of the Second World War, human rights has emerged as a legitimate issue in interstate relations. How a country treats its citizens is no longer a matter for its own exclusive determination. Other countries can and do legitimately claim a concern. To be sure, for much of this period human rights were subordinated to, and deployed as an ideological instrument of, the East‐West struggle. There are still many unresolved issues of fact and interpretation and areas of contention. The international consensus on human rights is not complete. It is fragile. But it exists as an emerging global culture of human rights. A body of international law on human rights has gradually developed, enshrined in the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, and other international instruments, some of it has passed into customary international law. A network of international, regional, governmental, and nongovernmental organizations devoted to their promotion has gradually been established.

Language: en