Human rights theater is better than no attention paid to human rights at all. In particular the Helsinki Accords, which seemed empty when signed, seemed to win

Human rights theater is better than no attention paid to human rights at all. In particular the Helsinki Accords, which seemed empty when signed, seemed to wind up being influential a decade or so later. I've been sympathetic to human rights theater ever since. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki_Accords https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki_Accords