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UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

The Problem with Human Rights

Daniel Warner | While human rights are now ‘mainstreamed’ within the United Nations system, their regular operationalization on the ground is lacking. What is the point of having lofty principles and legal treaties when they are so often violated?

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Volker Türk's Inextinguishable Belief in Human Rights

Seized by the ILO, the International Court of Justice Will Rule on the Right to Strike. Why Did China and Russia Oppose the Move?

History is full of ironies: on the surface, you might expect the two largest communist economies of the world, China and Russia, to protect the rights of workers. A vote last week at the International Labour Organisation’s Governing Body (GB), the UN specialized agency’s executive body, illustrated they

Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights: China Attacks Western Norms as a Cold War Debate Re-ignites in Geneva

Beyond geopolitical and material confrontations, an ideological battle dating back to the Cold War is being re-ignited over the universality of human rights and their implementation.

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Proposal for a Global Health Threats Council has Geneva debating | Overwhelmed and underfunded human rights system may not be able to deliver on its mission | International Red Cross in Crisis—what would Dunant say?

An overwhelmed, overstretched, ignored, and under-financed human rights system is being confronted with a stark reality: it may not be able to deliver on its mission

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An overwhelmed, overstretched, ignored, and under-financed human rights system is being confronted with a stark reality: it may not be able to deliver on its mission

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