Egon Schwelb (1946) argued that the basis for the UDHR is in the legal and political thinking between the seventeenth and twentieth century, from France, England and the United States. ... Ignatieff (2001) argues that the UDHR drafting committee saw their role as needing to determine the boundaries of universal morals in the context of varied religious, political, ethnic and philosophical backdrops. ... 'Western' ideas of rights place most importance on the individual, with the promotion and protection of civil and political rights emphasised. ... Robertson and Merrils (1996) write ...

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