No. 228: The UN Human Rights Pillar on Shaky Ground

Author(s): Céline Barmet
Editor(s): Christian Nünlist
Series Editor(s): Christian Nünlist, Matthias Bieri
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 228
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Place: Zurich

70 years ago, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the foundation of human rights treaties and the basis for the work of various institutions. However, current global events put pressure on these achievements. It is of great significance that human rights are taken into account systematically in the security policy debate.

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Members of the HRC in 2018