INTD 200 Lecture Notes - Maastricht Treaty, Nato, European Development Fund
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Regional organizations can possibly go in different directions than the united. Principles of the united nations. : article 103: in the event of a conflict between the obligations of the. Members of the united nations under the present charter and their obligations under any other international agreement, their obligations under the present charter shall prevail. The council of europe is the major organization for human rights. This is not to be confused with the european union. The council of europe was established in 1949, because the united nations hadn"t accomplished much in human rights after the udhr was adopted due to the conflicting interests of the cold war. 1950), 12 european democracies set up the council of europe in response to this, and to this day, it is probably the best human rights organization in the world. They have 47 state parties, which is almost the entire european continent.