Human rights/Related Articles: Difference between revisions

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International Law [r]: Add brief definition or description
Ethics [r]: The branch of philosophy dealing with standards of good and evil. ^[e]

Convention against Torture [r]: Add brief definition or description
Universal Declaration of Human Rights [r]: Declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, consisting of 30 articles with definitions of civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights. ^[e]
Declaration of Helsinki [r]: Initiated in response to Nazi medical experiments and the resulting Nuremberg Code, the continually updated world agreement on ethical principles for medical research with human subjects ^[e]
European Court of Human Rights [r]: Add brief definition or description
European Declaration of Human Rights [r]: Add brief definition or description
Geneva Conventions [r]: For international law, the principal group of treaties addressing humanitarian aspects of war ^[e]
International Criminal Court [r]: A permanent tribunal, established by treaty among over 120 nations but not part of the United Nations, for trying individuals for crimes against humanity; a number of major countries do not accept its authority ^[e]
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia [r]: Add brief definition or description
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda [r]: Created by the United Nations Security Council, an international humanitarian law tribunal established to try Rwandan citizens for 1994 violence in Rwanda and neighboring countries, principally between the Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups ^[e]

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