The U.N. Commission in Human Rights: protector or accomplice? : hearing before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights, and International Operations of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, April 19, 2005 |
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Page 44 - They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society, which should be familiar to all, and revered by all ; constantly looked to, constantly labored for, and even though never perfectly attained, constantly approximated, and thereby constantly spreading and deepening its influence and augmenting the happiness and value of life to all people of all colors everywhere.
Page 44 - It is not a treaty; it is not an international agreement. It is not and does not purport to be a statement of law or legal obligation.
Page 1 - WHEREAS the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom...
Page 44 - This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet, that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that the enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit.
Page 43 - Governments which systematically disregard the rights of their own people are not likely to respect the rights of other nations and other people and are likely to seek their objectives by coercion and force in the international field.
Page 43 - ... forced labor without just cause and without fair trial, but these wrongs have repercussions in the community of nations. Governments which systematically disregard the rights of their own people are not likely to respect the rights of other nations and other people...
Page 41 - Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used. For the ultimate determinant in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas — a trial of spiritual resolve: the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish, the ideals to which we are dedicated.
Page 38 - Putting these two propositions into a shape more special to their present application: human beings are only secure from evil at the hands of others in proportion as they have the power of being, and are, self-protecting...
Page 42 - Nations are explicitly devoted to it. My government stands always ready to join other nations in any serious effort that will expand the perimeters of liberty, law, and opportunity. We believe that the rights of individuals are most effectively promoted and expanded by and through democratic political institutions — where governments are elected through periodic competitive elections, elections that feature freedom to criticize government, to publish criticisms, to organize opposition, and compete...
Page 42 - West, democracy has meant liberal democracy — a political system marked not only by free and fair elections, but also by the rule of law, a separation of powers, and the protection of basic liberties of speech, assembly, religion, and property.