The evolving role of the United Nations in securing human rights / Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Al Hussein, Zeid Ra'ad, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations.

Local Subjects:

United Nations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (3 pages)

Contained In:

UN Chronicle Vol. 53, no. 4, p. 6-8 53:4<6 1564-3913

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : United Nations, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

From the vantage point of the twenty-first century, it is sometimes easy to forget just how revolutionary the concept of human rights is. Few who witnessed the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 could have imagined its impact over the last seven decades. International law no longer governs only relations among States. Rather, the treatment of individuals by States is a matter of international law and concern. Today, people who have been abused or silenced at the national level regularly speak at the United Nations Human Rights Council, or bring complaints about violations of human rights treaties to Committees of experts. The voices of the voiceless are now amplified at the international level.

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