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A short history of international human rights law
- Source: UN Chronicle, Volume 46, Issue 2, Apr 2012, p. 8 - 13
- French
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- 17 Apr 2012
Abstract
The phrase human rights may be used in an abstract and philosophical sense, either as denoting a special category of moral claim that all humans may invoke or, more pragmatically, as the manifestation of these claims in positive law, for example, as constitutional guarantees to hold Governments accountable under national legal processes. While the first understanding of the phrase may be referred to as human rights, the second is described herein as human rights law.
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