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What is Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Chapter 2
Global Dimensions of Democracy and Human Rights: Problems and Perspectives
Commonly known as the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) or the United Nations Human Rights Office, is a department of the Secretariat of the United Nations that works to promote and protect human rights that are guaranteed under international law and stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. The office was established by the United Nations General Assembly on 20 December 1993 [3] in the wake of the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights.
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The Universality of the Human Rights Principles
Nika Chitadze (International Black Sea University, Georgia)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 54
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4543-3.ch002
Abstract
Human rights are rules that protect the dignity and freedom of each individual. In their totality, fundamental rights form the basis of the legal status of an individual. The specific expression and scope of these rights, both in the positive law of different states and countries and in various international legal treaties, may differ. In public international law, the most famous document that enshrines them is the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In OSCE member states, issues of human rights, fundamental freedoms, democracy, and the rule of law are international in nature and do not belong exclusively to the internal affairs of the state concerned.
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Rule of Law as a Basis for the Establishment of a Constitutional State
Commonly known as the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) or the United Nations Human Rights Office, is a department of the Secretariat of the United Nations that works to promote and protect human rights that are guaranteed under international law and stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. The office was established by the United Nations General Assembly on 20 December 1993 [3] in the wake of the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights.
Published in Chapter: Rule of Law as a Basis for the Establishment of a Constitutional State; From: Global Dimensions of Democracy and Human Rights: Problems and Perspectives
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