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. ... Some of the reasons cited are ideological and cultural clashes such as 'Western' emphasis that economic rights are given priority over individual political and civil rights, and philosophical ideas around human nature and societal relationships that differ from those held in the 'West'. ... Ignatieff (2001) argues that the UDHR drafting committee saw their role as needing to determine t...

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