interdependent and indivisible, and stressed the need for universality, objectivity, and non-selectivity of human rights. However, at the same time, they emphasized the principles of sovereignty and non-interference, calling for greater emphasis upon economic, social, and cultural rights, and in particular, the right to economic development by establishing international collaboration directives between the signatories. The Bangkok Declaration is considered to be a landmark expression of Asian values with respect to human rights, which offers an extended critique of human rights universalism. See also Human rights History of human rights Yogyakarta Principles Non-binding agreements Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam (1990) Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (1993) United Nations Millennium Declaration (2000) International human rights law Fourth Geneva Convention (1949) European Convention on Human Rights (1952) Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1969) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1976) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1976) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1981) Convention on the Rights of the Child (1990) Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (2000) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2007) Thinkers influencing the Declaration Thomas Aquinas Jean de Gerson Hugo Grotius Confucius – via the influence of P.C. Chang. Samuel von Pufendorf John Locke Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui Jean-Jacques Rousseau Thomas Jefferson Jacques Maritain Herbert George Wells Other Slavery in the United States Slavery in Russia Human trafficking in Europe Human trafficking in the United States Human trafficking Slavery in international law Slave Trade Acts Human rights in China (PRC) LGBT rights at the United Nations Command responsibility Moral universalism Declaration on Great Apes, an as-yet unsuccessful effort to extend some human rights to other great apes United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights Consent of the governed Racial Equality Proposal (1919) The Farewell Sermon (632 CE) Youth for Human Rights International List of literary works by number of translations Monica Ross Right to education Notes References Bibliography Further reading Nurser, John. "For All Peoples and All Nations. Christian Churches and Human Rights.". (Geneva: WCC Publications, 2005). Universal Declaration of Human Rights pages at Columbia University (Centre for the Study of Human Rights), including article by article commentary, video interviews, discussion of meaning, drafting and history. Introductory note by Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade and procedural history on the Universal