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The United States Supreme Court And The Protection Of Refugees, Lung-Chu Chen
The United States Supreme Court And The Protection Of Refugees, Lung-Chu Chen
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The Haitian Refugee Crisis: A Quest For Human Rights, Thomas David Jones
The Haitian Refugee Crisis: A Quest For Human Rights, Thomas David Jones
Michigan Journal of International Law
On June 14, 1993, the Vienna Conference on Human Rights, sponsored by the United Nations, commenced its opening session mired in controversy over the validity of a universal human rights doctrine. Many Third World or developing nations contended that Western norms of justice and fairness were not applicable to their societies. Thus, the developing nations articulated a culture-bound or relativistic concept of fundamental human rights. The developing nations' particularistic position was championed by such nations as China, Iran, Cuba, and Vietnam, signatories to the Bangkok Declaration of 1993. The Bangkok Declaration provides, inter alia, that though human rights are …