حقوق بشر و روابط بين الملل

Human Rights and International Relations

The issue of Human Rights has become the focus of attention in International Relations. This issue is one of the most effective one in the field of international relations. In this essay the author looks into analyzing human rights norms rather than using an abstract approach. He believes that these norms have a special place and prospects for ethic and policy in international relations. In light of this, he asks that how can one speak about universal human rights? To answer to this question the author has assessed two minimum and maximum approaches in international system. Afterwards, he surveys the basic concepts of ethic and culture and also the universality of human rights. He believes that the experience of the international actors shows that they have undermined human rights Law in contradiction with the principles, nature and practice of human rightsʹ norms. He suggests that there is the necessity to acquire the strategic method in the human rights field because the states in the world have. Although the states select the human rights norms to empower their position world-wide. This is what the non-western states are challenging too.