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IJSSH 2013 Vol.3(3): 196-201 ISSN: 2010-3646
DOI: 10.7763/IJSSH.2013.V3.226

Human Rights and American Traditions

Alexandru Boboc-Cojocaru

Abstract—Since the beginning, the United States has recognized and respected the rights of individuals. Besides serving as custodian of a rich historical and political tradition on human rights, the United States has contributed greatly to the crystallization of International human rights legislation through the establishment of the United Nations Organization and the development of the United Nations Charter. From my perspective, the real dilemma faced by the United States has included so far the issue of solving specific problems related to human rights, the way in which human rights considerations combine with other factors of foreign policy and the way of creating a sustainable public consensus in support of their policy on the realm of human rights. In my opinion it is unlikely that these efforts should ever be entirely solved successfully. That’s why, in this paper, I try to analyze the correlation between moral and pragmatic components of the U.S. policy on human rights in the last 40 years.

Index Terms—Human rights, United States of America, foreign policy, political culture, constitutional tradition.

Alexandru Boboc-Cojocaru is with the Faculty of History, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University, Iasi, Romania (e-mail: alex78iasi@yahoo.com).

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Cite:Alexandru Boboc-Cojocaru, "Human Rights and American Traditions," International Journal of Social Science and Humanity vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 196-201, 2013.

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