Principle and power: The struggle to protect human rights: A contribution to the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Theodoor C. van Boven*

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Abstract

Professor Theo van Boven sent this piece to the Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights as part of his reflections on the 75 years anniversary of the UDHR. Professor van Boven is the former Director of the UN Human Rights Secretariat between 1977 and 1982, about which the film “The Subversives” was made in 2019. He was a Dutch representative on the UN Commission on Human Rights, an expert member of the Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, an expert Member on the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the UN Special Rapporteur against Torture, Consultant at the World Council of Churches and Professor of Human Rights at Maastricht University from 1982 to 1999. (Figure presented.)
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)128-138
Number of pages11
JournalNetherlands quarterly of human rights
Volume42
Issue number1
Early online date20 Mar 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2024

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