{"id":1369,"date":"2017-03-16T08:30:01","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T13:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/?p=1369"},"modified":"2017-03-13T11:48:14","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T16:48:14","slug":"global-human-rights-and-the-united-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/2017\/03\/16\/global-human-rights-and-the-united-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Human Rights and the United Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The United States and the United Nations have had a closely intertwined relationship since the organization\u2019s founding in 1945. The UN deals with a broad range of issues around the globe, and its widespread influence is often controversial. However, the influence of the United Nation continues to be instrumental in promoting crucial human rights causes, and the <\/span>reach of its aid<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>is arguably beyond compare. Despite its numerous shortcomings, the UN plays a crucial role in promoting human rights norms across the globe.<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout the 1990s in particular, the United Nations took on a central role in the global justice process. It organized and funded international courts following episodes of mass violence, such as the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and it made indictments for egregious crimes possible for the first time (including the crime of genocide). \u00a0Sociologists find that the existence of these courts have a global impact in providing justice, and the trials seem to have a positive effect in reducing human rights violations in the long run.<\/span><\/h5>\n