International Conference on Human Rights (Tehran 1968)

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The International Conference on Human Rights (Tehran 1968) was a landmark United Nations gathering that reviewed the progress of human rights since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and helped shape the modern international human rights framework.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations conference ⓘ
diplomatic conference ⓘ
international human rights conference ⓘ
addressedIssue apartheid ⓘ
civil and political rights ⓘ
colonialism and self-determination ⓘ
economic, social and cultural rights ⓘ
human rights in armed conflict ⓘ
racial discrimination ⓘ
rights of children ⓘ
rights of women ⓘ
role of the United Nations in human rights ⓘ
adoptedDocument Proclamation of Tehran ⓘ
affirmed indivisibility of human rights ⓘ
interdependence of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights ⓘ
universality of human rights ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tehran Human Rights Conference ⓘ
Tehran International Conference on Human Rights ⓘ
commemoratedAnniversaryOf 20th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
convenedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
declaredBy United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2081 (XX) (International Year for Human Rights) ⓘ
emphasized importance of self-determination for the enjoyment of human rights ⓘ
link between human rights and economic and social development ⓘ
endDate 1968-05-13 ⓘ
field human rights ⓘ
followedBy World Conference on Human Rights (Vienna 1993) ⓘ
heldDuring International Year for Human Rights ⓘ
hostCountryCapital Tehran ⓘ
hostedBy Imperial State of Iran ⓘ
hostedInCity Tehran ⓘ
inceptionYear 1968 ⓘ
influenced development of international human rights treaties ⓘ
subsequent United Nations human rights conferences ⓘ
languageOfWork United Nations official languages ⓘ
mainOutcome Proclamation of Tehran ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingStates over 80 ⓘ
organizedBy United Nations ⓘ
participantsIncluded United Nations Member States ⓘ
intergovernmental organizations ⓘ
non-governmental organizations ⓘ
specialized agencies of the United Nations ⓘ
purpose to examine obstacles to the full realization of human rights ⓘ
to make recommendations for strengthening the international human rights system ⓘ
to review progress in the field of human rights since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
recognized right to development as a human right in an early form ⓘ
reviewedInstrument Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
significance considered a landmark in the evolution of the modern international human rights framework ⓘ
startDate 1968-04-22 ⓘ

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World Conference on Human Rights → precededBy → International Conference on Human Rights (Tehran 1968) ⓘ
1968 International Conference on Human Rights → alsoKnownAs → Tehran International Conference on Human Rights ⓘ
linked to: International Conference on Human Rights (Tehran 1968)
1968 International Conference on Human Rights → alsoKnownAs → Tehran Conference on Human Rights ⓘ
linked to: International Conference on Human Rights (Tehran 1968)
International Conference on Human Rights (Tehran 1968) → alsoKnownAs → Tehran International Conference on Human Rights ⓘ
linked to: International Conference on Human Rights (Tehran 1968)
International Conference on Human Rights (Tehran 1968) → alsoKnownAs → Tehran Human Rights Conference ⓘ
linked to: International Conference on Human Rights (Tehran 1968)