UN HUMAN RIGHTS: WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED SO FAR AND WHAT CHALLENGES LIE AHEAD?

Author – Shreya Srivastava, Student at University of Allahabad

Best Citation – Shreya Srivastava, UN HUMAN RIGHTS: WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED SO FAR AND WHAT CHALLENGES LIE AHEAD?, ILE Monthly Review, 1 (1) of 2023, Pg. 10-15, ISBN – 978-81-961828-8-5

ABSTRACT

Throughout history, the preservation of human rights has been recognized to varied degrees, but since the Second World War, the United Nations has declared that human rights are universal and part of what it means to be a person. Where advancement in every dimension is growing steadily, it is important to protect the one for whom it is taking place. It is necessary to check the impartial access to every resource and the preservation of basic rights a person should have. This paper analyses the importance of human rights and the organizations placed for protecting these rights, on a regional as well as an international level. This article briefly sheds light on the significance of the United Nations as an international umbrella for human rights. Further, it emphasizes violations of human rights via case studies of the Afghanistan and Xinjiang conflicts. The motive behind presenting such cases is to highlight the serious aspect of violations taking place despite such protection organizations. The UN provides a guiding light for the drafting of human rights and thus does not have very strong binding effects on signatory countries.

KEYWORDS: Human rights, United Nation, Human right violations, Taliban, Xinjiang