Does the international covenant on civil and political rights have contradictory provisions?
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- 3+ months ago by keshai29
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- civil, international, political, right
Answers (2)
Of course it does. The only purpose of a government is to prevent any other group from taking control. A citizen needs to control his government. That is why governments always eventually treat citizens as enemies of the state.
It is just silly when one nation tries to tell another nation how to treat its citizens.
“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.”—Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
As the Human Rights Watch World Report 1998 notes, the universality of human rights is still “under sustained attack.” And not only are so-called tin-pot dictatorships to blame. “The major powers,” says the report, “showed a marked tendency to ignore human rights when they proved inconvenient to economic or strategic interests—an affliction common to both Europe and the United States. For more information on this subject and others, please go to jw.org "Online Library." Also for free downloads, publications or read on line.