... (though not operative until ten years later) but the second Covenant has had a much more difficult ride and the investigatory committee established has constantly run up against recalcitrant governments insisting on the overriding principle of states' rights. For example, Israel refused to cooperate with its investigation into possible violations in occupied territories after the Six-Day war. In Europe, the 1975 Helsinki Accords codified minority rights and violations could be referred to the ECSC and the Council of Europe. In the 1980s, human rights norms continued to develop. The drafting of the Convention Against Torture and other cruel, inhumane treatment was completed in 1984. The General Assembly adopted a Declaration on the right to development in 1986. The decade came to a close with the convention on the Rights of the Child in November 1989. For civil and political rights, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights was created in ...

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