Sweden, the United Nations, and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)

Today, Ambassador Anders Lidén, Sweden’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, addressed the general debate about the Responsibility to Protect and Sweden’s role in R2P at a well-attended seminar at the House of Sweden in Washington, D.C. The two discussants included former Ambassador Princeton Lyman with the Council on Foreign Relations and Tod Lindberg with […]

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60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Today marks the 60th anniversary celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, one of the foundations of international human rights law. The UN General Assembly adopted and proclaimed the Declaration by Resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948. The 30 articles signify the “common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations” […]

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