Date of Award
8-7-2008
Degree Type
Closed Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Department
Philosophy
First Advisor
Robert Sattelmeyer
Second Advisor
Andrew Jason Cohen
Abstract
The incidents of human rights violations have increasingly captured the international attention. I think that part of the reasons for human rights violations is because of the foundational theories of the current international law. In this thesis project, I argue that basic human rights should be the moral foundation of the international law. I achieved my goal in several steps. In the first section, I introduced the thesis project; I also outline my objectives. In the second section, I briefly define human rights, basic human rights, and provided the scope of basic human rights. In the third section, I provided my argument that basic human rights should be the moral foundations of the international law; provide criterion of state legitimacy; I critiqued the United Nations in the context of my arguments. Finally, I concluded by formulating the international basic human rights law.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/1061170
Recommended Citation
Owuor, Elijah, "Theory of International Law: Basic Human Rights Conception of the International Law." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2008.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/1061170