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Posted 11:52
A.M. : December 20, 2002
On Human Rights Day, UN officials call for boosting rule of law,
ending impunity
10 December –
One of the most outstanding legacies of the last
century has been the development of a body of international law
that can protect the individual from injustice, arbitrary
treatment and assaults on fundamental security,
Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today as the United Nations
observed Human Rights Day
"All too often, these laws are not honoured;
all too often, domestic laws are subverted to provide a cloak of
legitimacy for breaches of fundamental human rights, or
infringements on civil liberties," the Secretary-General said in
a
message marking the Day, which commemorates the UN General
Assembly's adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
in 1948. "Yet the strength of the rule of law lies in its
universal relevance and application - in its grounding in the
fundamental human rights of all people."
