...Observations on Iran, adopted on the same day (2 June 2000), see UN dnc. CRC/C/1 VAdd.123, para. 6. in mind the significance of national and regional particularities and various historical, cultural and religious hackgrounds.26 At first glance, this proposition does not seem to be dramatic. In principle, it is...

...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 backgrounds.6 Auf den ersten Blick nimmt sich diese Aussage recht undramatisch aus. An sich ist es...

...the 1993 Vienna Declaration, UN Doc. A/CONF. 157/23, adopted on 25 June 1993, chapter I, paragraph 5: 'All human rights are universal, indivisible and interdependent...particularities and various historical, cultural and religious codified and elaborated in two treaties: the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural...

...world women's conference (Dickenson I997a; Okin 2000). The final policy document noted firmly that "while the significance of national and regional particularities...mind, it is the duty of states, regardless of their o J o political, economic and cultural systems, to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental...

...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" (Article 8). A question may arise, however, as to whether the emphasis on the importance of "particularities"...

...mechanisms to ensure protection ot'lumian rights in a culturally sensitive way, '. . . bearing in mind the significance of national and regional particularities...various historical, cultural and religious backgrounds . . .' as formulated in the Vienna Declaration.-" Especially non-Western participants expressed doubts...

...must be considered in the context of a dynamic process of international norm,setting, bearing in mind the significance of national and regional particularities and various historicaL cultural and religious backgrounds.10 Asia,Pacific non,governmental organizations 1NGOs). including the Thai organizations...

...were created. Picking up the language of the Bangkok Declaration, the Vienna Declaration stated that "while the significance of national and regional particularities...and religious backgrounds must be borne in mind," nevertheless "it is the duty of states, regardless of their political, economic and cultural systems,...

...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...

...but then argued against such universality by noting that rights "must be considered in the context of ... national and regional particularities and various historical, cultural and religious backgrounds." Moreover, after affirming the sanctity of state sovereignty, the Bangkok Declaration notes that the...