TOKYO, Jan 27 (LSN) – United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, spoke at the UN University in Tokyo today at the “Symposium on Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region.” In her address she claimed that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has “acquired through state practice the status of universal law.” Robinson advised against making a new declaration to fit the varied “complexities” of today including “discrimination on grounds of gender or on the basis of sexual orientation.” Rather, Robinson suggested, “we need to recognize and recommit ourselves to the extent to which these values are implied in” the Declaration. Robinson suggests that the Inter Action Council would “bring fresh insights into the interpretation of the Preamble and Articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a living document.”
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UN PLANS TO REINTERPRET UNIVERSAL DECLARATION
TOKYO, Jan 27 (LSN) – United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, spoke at the UN University in Tokyo today at the “Symposium on Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region.” In her address she claimed that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has “acquired through state practice the status of universal law.” Robinson advised against making a new declaration to fit the varied “complexities” of today including “discrimination on grounds of gender or on the basis of sexual orientation.” Rather, Robinson suggested, “we need to recognize and recommit ourselves to the extent to which these values are implied […]
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