The international human rights movement was strengthened when the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (URSDH) on 10 December 1948. The declaration, formulated as a “common performance criterion for all peoples and nations,” establishes for the first time in human history the fundamental civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights that all human beings should enjoy. Over time, it has been widely accepted as the fundamental standards of human rights that everyone should respect and protect. Together with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its two optional protocols, the UDHR, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention on Human Rights is formed. The Universal Declaration begins with the recognition that “the intrinsic dignity of all members of the human family is the basis of freedom, justice and peace in the world.” The Council of Europe is responsible for both the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights. [25] These institutions link the members of the Council to a stricter but more lenient code of human rights than that of the Un Human Rights Charter. [Citation required] Over the years, engagement has been translated into Slavic forms, whether in the form of treaties, habits of international law, general principles, regional agreements and domestic law, by which human rights are expressed and guaranteed. Indeed, the UDHR has inspired more than 80 international human rights treaties and declarations, a large number of regional human rights conventions, national human rights laws and constitutional provisions that together constitute a legally binding global system for the promotion and protection of human rights. This principle is supported by Amnesty International and other human rights organizations, which believe that certain crimes pose a threat to the international community as a whole and that the Community has a moral duty to act.
Founded in 1949, the Council of Europe is the oldest organisation working for European integration. It is an international organization with a recognized legal personality and observer status at the United Nations. The Council`s headquarters are in Strasbourg, France. National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI) have been established in more than 110 countries to protect, promote or monitor human rights competently in a given country. [41] Although not all NHRS conforms to the Paris principles,[42] the number and impact of these institutions is increasing. [43] UN human rights organizations have some quasi-legal enforcement mechanisms. These include the think-tanks affiliated with the seven treaties currently in operation and the appeal procedures of the UN Human Rights Council, with the Universal Periodic Review, and the UN Special Rapporteur (1235 and 1503 mechanisms respectively). [39] In addition to the adoption in 1966 of the two large-scale agreements that are part of the international human rights agreement (the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights), other treaties have been adopted at the international level.