...1993 "Bangkok Declaration" of Asian states maintained that human rights must be considered in terms of "the significance of national and regional particularities and various historical, cultural and religious backgrounds."10 This challenge to universality was put forward as a legitimate expression of the distinctive...

...considered in the context of a dynamic and evolving process of international norm-setting, bearing in mind the significance of national and regional particularities and various historical, cultural and religious background'.1 Of course, it is only a thin line between a very strong emphasis on the particularities...

...beyond question".331 With a conciliatory formula, the Declaration recognized, on the one hand, that "While the significance of national and regional particularities...and religious backgrounds must be borne in mind", and continuing, on the other hand, to affirm that "it is the duty of States, regardless of their political,...

...community recognizes himself in them, each cultural epoch has its own special way for carrying them out. The significance of national and regional particularities...cultural and religious backgrounds must be borne in mind in the adoption of the way. ' United Nations, World Conference on Human Rights. pp. 6-7. l0-l3.4l....

...development, although a reference was worked in as part of a negotiating compromise, to the effect that "the significance of national and regional particularities...and religious backgrounds must be borne in mind." The Vienna conference made clear once again what had been obvious since 1948: namely, the crucial role...

...rights, this important document explicitly points out that in international human rights activities "the significance of national and regional particularities...and religious backgrounds must be borne in mind." 1 Thus, a conclusion has been drawn with respect to a long-debated issue over the universality and...

...considered in the context of a dynamic and evolving process of international norm-setting, bearing in mind the significance of national and regional particularities...various historical, cultural and religious backgrounds ... (Tang 1995: 204) The above formulations were incorporated, almost unaltered, into the Vienna Declaration,...

...considered in the context of a dynamic and evolving process of international norm-setting, bearing in mind the significance of national and regional particularities...various historical, cultural and religious backgrounds; 9. Recognize further that States have the primary responsibility for the promotion and protection of...

...considered in the context of a dynamic and evolving process of international norm-setting, bearing in mind the significance of national and regional particularities...various historical, cultural, and religious backgrounds. " Many of the signatories to the Declaration became involved in promoting what came to be called "Asian...

...human rights, which are universal, indivisible, interdependent, and interrelated. While recognizing the significance of national and regional particularities and various historical, cultural, and religious backgrounds,3 the premise for the activities of the ICJ is the duty of states, regardless of their...