Today, the most effective force promoting human rights is global public opinion, informed and mobilized by the large and growing nongovernmental human rights movement, which, as in the recent war between Georgia and Russia, has focused international attention on violations of the laws of armed conflict that protect noncombatants.
Certes, il est consternant que 60 ans après l'adoption de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme, tant de pays bafouent les principes qu'ils ont adoptés depuis longtemps.