THE RANTS OF AN UN-MATURED LEGAL AND POLITICAL MIND. A MIND AS CONFUSED AS THE PLACES WHERE IT HAS RESIDED, NAMELY, GHANA, THE UK AND THE U.S. ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU MAY FIND VARIOUS THOUGHTS ON THE STATE OF THE WORLD, THE FACTS OF LIFE AS I KNOW AND SEE, AND THE AUDACITY TO BELIEVE THAT AFRICA WOULD SOON LIVE OUT ITS DREAMS!

Sunday, 22 November 2009

Human Rights: Law or Just Statements of Aspiration?

One of the purposes of the United Nations as stated in its Charter is to “promote and encourage respect for human rights,”[i] thereby instilling a legal obligation on member States to do all possible to ensure the achievement of the goals. Thus, the assumption that human rights are statements of aspirations and not law does not reflect the purposes of the Charter, or the developments of HR law over...

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