1968 International Conference on Human Rights (in terms of humanitarian law development context)

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The 1968 International Conference on Human Rights was a landmark United Nations gathering in Tehran that reviewed and advanced the implementation of human rights and humanitarian law in the post–World War II era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations conference ⓘ
diplomatic conference ⓘ
international human rights conference ⓘ
adoptedDocument Proclamation of Teheran ⓘ
affirmed right of peoples to self-determination ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tehran Conference on Human Rights ⓘ
Tehran International Conference on Human Rights ⓘ
attendedBy observers from intergovernmental organizations ⓘ
observers from non-governmental organizations ⓘ
representatives of United Nations Member States ⓘ
condemned apartheid ⓘ
racial discrimination ⓘ
context Cold War era international relations ⓘ
decolonization and emergence of newly independent states ⓘ
post–World War II human rights regime ⓘ
contributedTo clarification of the relationship between human rights law and humanitarian law ⓘ
development of international human rights law ⓘ
development of international humanitarian law ⓘ
convenedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
dateOfDocumentAdopted 1968-05-13 ⓘ
emphasized importance of national legislation for human rights protection ⓘ
link between peace and the enjoyment of human rights ⓘ
need for effective implementation of human rights treaties ⓘ
protection of human rights in situations of armed conflict ⓘ
role of international cooperation in human rights ⓘ
endDate 1968-05-13 ⓘ
follows adoption of the 1949 Geneva Conventions ⓘ
adoption of the 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ
adoption of the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ⓘ
adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
post–World War II development of international human rights law ⓘ
hasTheme civil and political rights ⓘ
development of international human rights law ⓘ
economic, social and cultural rights ⓘ
elimination of racial discrimination and apartheid ⓘ
human rights in armed conflict ⓘ
implementation machinery for human rights treaties ⓘ
implementation of human rights ⓘ
relationship between human rights and international humanitarian law ⓘ
rights of children ⓘ
rights of women ⓘ
self-determination of peoples ⓘ
hostedBy Government of Iran ⓘ
influenced codification and implementation of human rights treaties in the 1970s ⓘ
subsequent United Nations human rights conferences ⓘ
location Tehran ⓘ
marksAnniversaryOf 20th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
organizedBy United Nations ⓘ
recognized indivisibility of human rights ⓘ
interdependence of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights ⓘ
relatedTo 1949 Geneva Conventions ⓘ
linked to: Geneva Conventions

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ⓘ
United Nations human rights machinery ⓘ
Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
resultedIn Proclamation of Teheran ⓘ
startDate 1968-04-22 ⓘ

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Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1949 → followedBy → 1968 International Conference on Human Rights (in terms of humanitarian law development context) ⓘ