Izziv za univerzalno varstvo človekovih pravic

V 55 letih od sprejetja Splošne deklaracije človekovih pravic je mednarodna skupnost na podlagi tega temeljnega dokumenta razvila soliden in razvejan korpus mednarodnih standardov in norm na področju človekovih pravic in humanitarnega prava. Danes je glavni izziv za univerzalno varstvo človekovih pravic v vprašanju, kako zmanjšati razkorak med temi jamstvi in dejanskim spoštovanjem v praksi. Drugi izziv je v izravnavi dobro razvitega normativnega okvira na področju civilnih in političnih pravic z razvojem normativnega okvira za varstvo ekonomskih, socialnih in kulturnih pravic. Avtor poudari, da je korak k dosegu prvega izziva v preverbi obstoječih nadzornih mehanizmov in poudarjanju nacionalnih mehanizmov varovanja človekovih pravic, naravnanih k večji učinkovitosti. Drugi izziv pa bi bilo mogoče izpolniti z nadaljnjim razvojem podobnih nadzornih mehanizmov, še posebej takšnih, ki so odprti za neposredne pritožbe posameznikov. ; In 55 years since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights international community has developed a solid corpus of international human rights standards. The main challenges for the universal human rights protection today appear to be: how to close a gap between normative guarantees and human rights protection in practice; and how to counterbalance well developed normative framework in the field of civil and political rights with the framework of economic, social, and cultural rights which lags behind. A step toward meeting first challenge would be to review existing various monitoring mechanisms and put more emphasis on national human rights protection mechanisms in order to achieve greater efficiency. Approach to the second challenge would be to further develop similar monitoring mechanisms, especially individual complaints procedures. However, due to the “war on terrorism”, especially in those states which have contributed greatly to development of human rights norms, the expectations of further positive developments in the field can not be too high.