2016 · Q87
Which one of the following statements regarding Human Rights is not correct?
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- AHuman Rights derive their inspiration from moral principles
- BThey are applicable subject to their adoption by States
- CThe International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights was adopted by the United Nations in the year 1948
- DThe universalism of Human Rights is challenged by the cultural relativists
Explanation
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1966 (entering into force in 1976), not in 1948; 1948 is the year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The other statements are correct: human rights draw on moral principles, apply as adopted by states, and universalism is indeed challenged by cultural relativists. Hence (C) is not correct.