The PRINCIPLES OF UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS (Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action 1993) emphasise that:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A.
1. The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (VDPA) was adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights at Vienna on 25 June 1993.
2. Paragraph 5 of VDPA: 'All human rights are universal, indivisible and interdependent and interrelated. The international community must treat human rights globally in a fair and equal manner, on the same footing, and with the same emphasis.'
3. The Declaration affirmed UNIVERSALITY of rights — rejecting cultural relativism that emerged in the Asian Values debate.
4. Also led to the creation of the UN OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (OHCHR) in 1993.
5. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: International HR Treaties + Indian Constitutional Jurisprudence — Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action 1993_
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