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 International Conference on Human Rights (Tehran 1968)
surface form: Tehran Conference on Human Rights

International Conference on Human Rights (Tehran 1968)
surface form: 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 NERFINISHED
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 Geneva Conventions
surface form: 1949 Geneva Conventions

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
United Nations human rights system
surface form: 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)