INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Abstract

Human rights is a well-known concept whose foundation has been laid from the very beginning. Ever since the dawn of time, the rights of man have evolved alongside man and only become more significant. The formulation of treaties and frameworks to protect and enforce these rights has also become a necessity. Law plays a huge role in the protection and enforcement of these rights within the domestic setting. International law allows for these rights to be safeguarded on a larger scale that is between nation states.  This paper redefines the concept of human rights and considers through an in-depth analysis what this concept is, how it should be seen and why it should be protected. It enlightens our minds on the role of international law within the realm of human rights, its enforcement and protection. It delves into the history of human rights and makes us see how it arrived at where it is today. It will also shed light on how human rights are seen and treated in regional and municipal localities. This paper will majorly lay emphasis on the impact of international law on human rights and how much it has affected human rights positively in our world today. Human rights is a major subject of international discuss and its enforcement, an issue of major concern internationally. This paper treats in detail every aspect of international law’s concern with human rights and makes it fully known how much it is concerned with the international subject