IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/anname/v506y1989i1p109-114.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Civil Rights in the Soviet Union

Author

Listed:
  • ARKADY I. VAXBERG

Abstract

Civil rights in the Soviet Union are discussed against the backdrop of changes occurring in the Soviet legal system. The Soviet Union is set on a course to create a law-based state. With the signing of the Vienna Concluding Document, the Soviet Union recognized the priority of international law over domestic Soviet law, with the consequence that efforts are being made to bring domestic Soviet legislation into conformity with international law. Now permitted, even encouraged, is the creation of voluntary organizations that monitor the implementation of the Helsinki Accord. Furthermore, a program is being carried out to educate the public on the international agreements on human rights that the USSR has signed. Immense changes are taking place in the public's legal consciousness, and these will guarantee that the defense of civil rights will become a reality.

Suggested Citation

  • Arkady I. Vaxberg, 1989. "Civil Rights in the Soviet Union," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 506(1), pages 109-114, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:506:y:1989:i:1:p:109-114
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716289506001010
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0002716289506001010
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/0002716289506001010?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:506:y:1989:i:1:p:109-114. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.