“All Human Rights for All”: The United Nations and Human Rights in the Post-Cold War Era

Abstract

This article analyzes how the post-Cold War era has led to a transformation of the United Nations (UN) human rights ideology. The first part examines the United Nations discourse, and explains how it has been influenced by the objective of making human rights more universal and indivisible. The second section focuses on a set of global policies that illustrate how the UN has sought to put in practice the principle of “all human rights for all.” Although the impact of UN ideology remains limited, this study demonstrates that the world body has shown growing determination in introducing human rights considerations into global politics.