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Untangling the Indivisibility, Interdependency, and Interrelatedness of Human Rights

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Daniel J. Whelan (Hendrix College)

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Human rights are said to be "indivisible, interdependent and interrelated." However widely used within UN parlance and among scholars and activists, these terms are rarely unpacked and often used interchangeably. This short paper attempts to untangle the meanings and values these terms represent and reflect, based on a careful reading of the history of especially the two "grand categories" of human rights--civil/political, and economic/social/cultural--as those rights are expressed in the two main human rights covenants.

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Paper provided by University of Connecticut, Human Rights Institute in its series Economic Rights Working Papers with number 7.

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Length: 14 pages
Date of creation: Apr 2008
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Handle: RePEc:uct:ecriwp:7

Note: Background Paper prepared for the University of Connecticut Human Rights Institute Workshop on "Interdependence and Indivisibility of Human Rights", April 11, 2008
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Keywords: human rights; United Nations; indivisibility; interdependence; interrelatedness;

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A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines

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