Document Type
Article
Disciplines
International Law
Abstract
The Soviet approach to human rights is very complicated. Three factors have contributed to the complexity: Marxist-Leninist dogmata, the requirements of international law and a very peculiar domestic situation. Marxist-Leninist dogmata, the official doctrines in the Soviet Union, are incompatible with the very concept and substance of human rights. Human rights are, by definition, inseparable from human beings, yet Marxist-Leninist doctrine treats these rights as emanating from the state. Thus, in the Marxist-Leninist future, when communism truly exists, the state and its laws will wither away and the need for human rights will cease to exist.
Recommended Citation
Ioffe, Olimpiad S., "Soviet Attitudes Toward International Human Rights Law" (1987). Connecticut Journal of International Law. 30.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/cjil/30
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