RLG100Y1 Lecture : RLG309 READING #3.docx
Document Summary
The un"s work in human rights and protection of the environment. Tension between north and south on these issues. The most important human rights body in the un is the human rights commission (hrc). Promotes the acceptance of human rights as a general part of the business of international society : given authority to investigate specific human rights violations by states. Hoped it would be used to criticise racist and colonial governments: created the declaration of human rights. Not a legally binding document, a few countries abstained: more declarations made over the years which emphasized different human rights. Un now trying to create a third generation of human rights (includes right to development, right to peace, right to clean environment, etc. Prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide: not fully invoked until recently. 1968 conference at tehran: disagreements between the north and south.
