Redressing impunity for human rights violations: the Universal Declaration and the search for accountability.

From: Denver Journal of International Law and Policy | Date: June 22, 1998| Author: Joyner, Christopher C. | Copyright information

I. INTRODUCTION

This year celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,(1) a document that is regarded both as the wellspring and cornerstone of modern international human rights law. The Universal Declaration, though not intended to be legally binding, aims to set "a common standard of achievement for all peoples and nations."(2) And that it surely does. Its thirty articles cover a raft of human rights and fundamental freedoms, rangin...

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