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Bookmark or Share- Human Rights | United Nations - الأمم المتحدةInternational Human Rights Law. International human rights law lays down the obligations of Governments to act in certain ways or to refrain from certain acts, in order to promote and protect ...
- What are human rights? | OHCHRBoth rights and obligations. All States have ratified at least 1 of the 9 core human rights treaties, as well as 1 of the 9 optional protocols.Eighty per cent of States have ratified 4 or more. This means that States have obligations and duties under international law to respect, protect and fulfill human rights.
- International Bill of Human Rights | OHCHRIn 1948, for the first time, countries agreed on a comprehensive list of inalienable human rights. In December of that year, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), a milestone that would profoundly influence the development of international human rights law.
- International human rights law - WikipediaInternational human rights law (IHRL) is the body of international law designed to promote human rights on social, regional, and domestic levels. As a form of international law, international human rights law is primarily made up of treaties, agreements between sovereign states intended to have binding legal effect between the parties that have agreed to them; and customary international law.
- International Human Rights Law | OHCHRInternational human rights law lays down obligations which States are bound to respect. By becoming parties to international treaties, States assume obligations and duties under international law to respect, to protect and to fulfil human rights. The obligation to respect means that States must refrain from interfering with or curtailing the ...
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