Conjuring Up New Human Rights: A Proposal For Quality Control

Philip Alston

doi:10.2307/2202599

journal article Jul 01, 1984

Conjuring Up New Human Rights: A Proposal For Quality Control

Philip Alston

American Journal of International Law Vol. 78 No. 3 pp. 607-621 · Cambridge University Press (CUP)

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Abstract

Writing in 1968, the year of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Richard Bilder concluded that “in practice, a claim is an international human right if the United Nations General Assembly says it is.” Fifteen years later, as the 35th anniversary is celebrated, the authoritative role that Bilder correctly attributed to the General Assembly is in serious danger of being undermined.

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Published: Jul 01, 1984
Vol/Issue: 78(3)
Pages: 607-621
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Philip Alston (1984). Conjuring Up New Human Rights: A Proposal For Quality Control. American Journal of International Law, 78(3), 607-621. https://doi.org/10.2307/2202599

Conjuring Up New Human Rights: A Proposal For Quality Control

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