Professor Jeremy Rabkin, in a paper written for the First Principles on Human Rights project, argues for an unapologetic defense of U.S. sovereignty and America’s process for treaty ratification.

The principal international human rights documents clearly protect the ... It should be noted that although the Standard Minimum Rules are not a treaty, they constitute an authoritative guide ...

whether in the forms of treaties, customary international law, general principles, regional agreements and domestic law, through which human rights are expressed and guaranteed. Indeed ...

For as long as we’ve had democracies, majority rule has left some in the minority worse off. We need to be talking about what ...

One of the great achievements of the United Nations is the creation of a comprehensive body of human rights law, a universal and internationally protected code to which all nations and peoples can ...

Respect for human rights is one of the founding values of the European Union and a fundamental aspect of its external relations. The EU is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, ...