Recent trends in UN human rights activity
Description and Polemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6271356 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jack Donnelly (0000-0001-6260-9514, College of the Holy Cross, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 633-655 |
| Publication date | 1981-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8183 • E-ISSN: 1531-5088 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020818300034263 |
| OpenAlex | W2095203696 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 3 |
How have UN human rights goals and priorities evolved in the 1970s? The moderate compromise represented by the International Bill of Rights, as completed by the Covenants in 1966, has been undone in the seventies. A point-by-point examination of the major principles enunciated in General Assembly resolution 32/130 of 16 December 1977, which codified the trends of the decade and stands as the authoritative statement of the UN's strategic goals and priorities in the field of human rights, shows that the earlier moderation has been replaced by a one-sided, politicized, and often cynical approach. This development in UN doctrine merits polemical criticism
Compromise · Covenant · Criticism · Doctrine · Human rights · Law and economics · Moderation · Point (geometry · Political science · Sociology · Statement (logic · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Human Rights and Development · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
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| Citation span | 1983 - 2019 (37) |
| Highly cited | No |