LEGAL NATURE OF MAJOR REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEMS

Abstract

No modern country can be considered democratic without developing and protecting fundamental human rights and freedoms.The last few decades of the past century witnessed a considerable contribution to protecting human rights, which are indivisible, universal, and inalienable.The paper deals with the development of three major regional human rights systems, namely, European, American, and African.By employing the historical research method, it will strive to explain the phenomena and processes that took place in terms of the development of the protection of human rights and freedoms on the European, American, and African continents.The paper follows the emergence and development of legal institutions, courts, international organizations, international treaties and conventions that resulted from concern for human rights.The major part of the paper will delve into the European system, including the development and protection of human rights within the Council of Europe, CSCE/OSCE, and the European Union.Modern 21st-century democracy cannot be imagined without the protection of human rights and freedoms, so the paper aims to raise awareness of the need for their protection at both regional and international levels.