The Human Rights Regime Political Framework

Abstract: This text aims to identify the political framework of the human rights regime and compare the regime's historical and current political framework. This question is essential and deserves research as it explains how the regime has developed its policies and advocacy over its history and elucidates the reasons behind several of the most damaging and contentious challenges the human rights advocacy has faced over the last few years. Ultimately, it identifies that the regime began its history as a libertarian and anti-statist movement based on respect for individual liberties and freedoms and protecting those rights from third parties violations. While it also finds that currently, the regime has had a less libertarian approach and is more willing to negotiate previously imperative freedoms for the achievement of a common good, even if it means the cession of more power to the State entity. Additionally, it highlights essential facts about the consequences of the political shift of the human rights regime over the last seven decades while concluding the reasons for the political transition to happen and the real-life impacts of such a shift. The three main consequences of the human rights regime political shift were identified as the loss of power and the possible end of civil societies, the higher economic, social and moral costs to be paid to have fundamental human rights fulfilled by the State entity and the issues of privilege and patronage in the delivery of human rights by a public entity. The thesis was developed mainly by conducting theoretical research in the fields of law, political science and economics and analyzing empirical indicators on the international level about human rights, democracy, authoritarianism and more. Finally, I conclude by summoning the human rights regime to become aware of this serious issue and increase the debate over a solution that maintains human rights as a movement for human autonomy, liberty and freedoms against State abuses and rights violations.