New International Human Rights Architecture

In the conditions of deep crisis of interstate relations, negatively affecting the key components of the system of collective security based on the UN Charter, including universal human rights mechanisms, an informed discussion about the new international architecture of human rights protection as an important sphere of international and national legal order is becoming increasingly relevant and demanded.

As a result of analysis and consideration of key points and patterns to what extent the conceptual, normative, and institutional foundations of the currently functioning interstate human rights protection system with its strengths and weaknesses will be required for a new international human rights protection architecture, and what factors and circumstances may play a decisive role in this endeavor.

By analyzing and taking into account the key points and regularities inherent in the international political system, where sovereign states continue to play the leading role, we have drawn conclusions of conceptual and practical importance, which can and must be taken into account when building a new architecture of human rights protection that pretends to adequately replace the existing system of human rights protection. These conclusions and the resulting recommendations are based on the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which affirm the need for states and institutions of global governance to work together through international cooperation and a common understanding of human rights and freedoms. Only in the presence of such conditions is it possible for sovereign states to cooperate constructively in the field of human rights, which in turn will serve as a condition for the well-being of all. In the absence of these conditions, human rights, on the contrary, become a tool of struggle, the object of double standards in international relations and in the activities of international human rights bodies.