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Except that the UDHR is not the rule of law. It is a mere declaration, as specified at the top of the page, that "is widely recognized as having inspired [...]
by DeusExMachina 1mo ago
Except that the UDHR is not the rule of law.
It is a mere declaration, as specified at the top of the page, that "is widely recognized as having inspired [...] the adoption of more than seventy human rights treaties"
That does not make it an enforceable law. Moreover, treaties are agreements between countries, not laws, which a country can violate at will.
People might create supranational organizations like the UN or the ECHR, but that has, untimately, no enforcement power because that always belongs to sovereign countries. Violating a treaty can also lead to retaliation by other signatories or even war, but it still does not make a treaty law.
It might well be that the US has specific laws that prevent charging a citizen when they wipe their phone. But that must be a law passed by the US legislature, not a "universal declaration".
- rswail 1mo agoNot necessarily the same in every nation, but any treaty ratified by Congress in the United States has the same status as any law passed by Congress. It is subject to judicial review, but has equal standing. So the US cannot "violate [it] at will".
- inigyou 1mo agoSure it can, just like it can violate laws passed by Congress.