Enforceability of Economic, Cultural and Social Rights: historical background, legal basis and misleading assumptions

After World War II, a focus on social welfare for all people influenced the drafting of multiple declarations protecting human rights, both globally and regionally. Both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 and the Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, in the Americas, enshrined civil and political rights as well as economic, cultural and social rights into international law.

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admin February 4, 2016

Toward a modern security policy in the Western Hemisphere

U.S. security policy is not providing security for most of Latin America’s citizens. U.S. policy in the Western Hemisphere should be based on the common interests, which today include peace, security, economic prosperity, diplomatic cooperation, and the right of each country to choose its own inclusive political system–along with all the attendant human and political rights.

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admin February 4, 2016
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