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. ... The creation and application of international human rights instruments did not however propose how human rights can be appreciated in light of differences in economic, political, social and cul...

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