The universal declaration of human rights udhr is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Human rights and conflict transformation the challenges of. It is incontrovertible, that is, they are absolute and innate. Human rights in the administration of justice ohchr. A manual on human rights for judges, prosecutors and lawyers united nations new york and geneva, 2003. Europes european convention on human rights echr, as interpreted by the european court of human rights ecthr, and the charter of fundamental rights of the european union, as interpreted by the court of justice of the european union cjeu. International human rights law as a global foundation for social. Rights of man 1789 discovered it into the natural imprescriptibly and inalienable rights of man. Peace, absence of war and violence is the best protection, the best.
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