Untangling the Indivisibility, Interdependency, and Interrelatedness of Human Rights

Daniel Whelan ()

No 7, Economic Rights Working Papers from University of Connecticut, Human Rights Institute

Abstract: Human rights are said to be "indivisible, interdependent and interrelated." However widely used within UN parlance and among scholars and activists, these terms are rarely unpacked and often used interchangeably. This short paper attempts to untangle the meanings and values these terms represent and reflect, based on a careful reading of the history of especially the two "grand categories" of human rights--civil/political, and economic/social/cultural--as those rights are expressed in the two main human rights covenants.

Keywords: human rights; United Nations; indivisibility; interdependence; interrelatedness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2008-04
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Note: Background Paper prepared for the University of Connecticut Human Rights Institute Workshop on "Interdependence and Indivisibility of Human Rights", April 11, 2008
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