The Future of the Human Rights Movement. Issue 2 (10th June 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Simmons, Beth A.
• Is Part Of: Ethics & international affairs. Volume 28:Issue 2(2014)
• Page Start: 183
• Page End: 196
• Publication Date: 2014-06-10
• Subjects: International relations -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Periodicals; 172.405
• DOI: 10.1017/S0892679414000227
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0892-6794

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="text-abstract"> <title> <x content-type="archive" xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>The modern human rights movement is at a critical juncture in its history. It has been nearly seventy years since the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and some of the oldest and most active human rights organizations have been operating around the world for about forty years. More than twenty years have passed since the end of the cold war, and the time when people spoke in triumphal terms of the global success of Western values is now a fading memory. International human rights are ensconced as firmly as ever in international law and institutions, but what about the future of the "human rights movement"?</p> </abstract>