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December 10th, 1948: Universal Declaration of Human Rights at Palais de Chaillot, Paris. Have they changed the world? Is the world a better place now than it was before December 10th, 1948?
Yes but it would have been with or without the help of Strasbourg.
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Do they go too far?
Yes they are now. They are the last chance that a person has for his human rights. If the courts of the Human Rights in Strasbourg, say the ruling of a foreign country should or could be upheld, then that should be the end of the line. There should be no appeal or what the hell is the point of them giving judgement. If the court asks for a particular agreement or guarantee and it is given in writing then that should be the end of the issue. To allow a further appeal to their judgment is saying that the first Court of HR was a farce, so then why bother in the first place.

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Should they be reworked?
Yes they are outdated and most don’t even apply to most countries with their own Human Rights laws in place.
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And finally: What should be done to ensure that human rights are respected?
Matters of Homeland security should take priority over [It is my human right for my dog to crap on your lawn. I should not have to pay a £200 fine for excrement clean-up,] cases.
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(assuming that we can all agree that most of the human rights should be respected.
The world as a whole will never agree on anything.

There is a backlog of 152.000 cases and an estimated 90.000 will get thrown out categorised as inadmissible. The court deal with only 2000 a year and at the moment there is 3000 new ones each year. There has to be a point where the courts of the plaintiff’s country say you do not meet the criteria to appeal to the Human Rights Courts in Strasbourg. The Human rights court was put there for a reason and it is now being abused. When the Courts in Strasbourg place the security of a Country or place the safety of the public in that country at risk by their ruling, then they are treading on the same human rights that they are there to protect.

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