International Standards in the Field of Human Rights and Freedoms

Abstract

The article examines international standards in the field of human rights and freedoms, taking into account modern realities. When writing a scientific article, general scientific and special methods of cognition were used. Based on the analysis of the provisions of international acts regulating human rights, the authors come to the conclusion that these acts are only advisory in nature. The authors also compare possible restrictions of rights and freedoms in various acts. The novelty and relevance of the conducted scientific research lies in the authors' conclusions that: 1) in international relations in the sphere of respect for the rights of citizens, as well as in interstate relations, the provisions of the norms of international legal acts are completely replaced by the rules of situational and expedient behavior, which are imposed, as a rule, on a weak and actually non-sovereign state. If the counterparty does not accept these rules, then representatives of the unipolar world apply the full range of force pressure on the enemy (competitor), starting from encroachment on his property and the property of his legal entities, citizens, and ending with proxy wars, which often escalate into an open armed conflict; 2) international standards in the field of rights and freedoms human rights in the 21st century fit into the tendency to neglect them and deviate from them if the state (interstate entity) pursues its own geopolitical, political, economic and other goals in its activities, guided by the principle of situational expediency, and not the principles of international law, including in the field of respect for the rights, freedoms and interests of citizens in any areas of their private life.