The fundamental human rights were in fact the man's rights as covered in these acts. However, we should consider the fact that, at least in many of the Western countries, the legislative framework, as well as the societal implementation of this, enlarged to include women, often around the end of the 19th century or the beginning of the 20th century. In this sense, although the acts and bills covering fundamental human rights do not de jure include women's rights, de facto the reality has changed so as to adapt to the inclusion of women rights.

This is however not the case for countries in other regions, but usually in these countries defending human rights is a challenge in itself, no matter whether they are men's or women's fundamental rights. A radical change of the framework would really make no actual difference in the way this framework is implemented in some of these countries and would not, as such, provide the optimal solution to the violations of women's rights there.

7. According to Forsythe, the future is going to bring about even more complex questions than the past has in terms of human rights protection and promotion, starting with essential questions about fundamental rights and their promotion. One can agree on the fact that, at least in the liberal democracies of Europe and North America, the implementation of respect for human rights has been largely successful. However, one could also extend the spectrum of fundamental rights to include things such as universal healthcare, something under scrutiny nowadays in the U.S., or international development and the involvement of all countries in this process (Forsythe, 1989). To what degree should...

The political governments motivate this with the existence of a difficult situation, a case of war between parties where such measures can be exceptionally approved (Forsythe, 1998). However, this, along with the consolidation of autocratic regimes in countries such as Russia, brings into question the future of human rights and human rights promotion in the world.
The consolidation of regional integration mechanisms such as the European Union and the collaboration, including in international frameworks such as the UN, of recognized liberal democracies of European countries and the U.S., can bring about more optimism into the future of human rights. The degree to which human rights have been promoted in the last 20 years in areas that had been previously dominated by authoritarian regimes, such as in Central and Eastern Europe, is a positive argument in promoting an optimistic approach of human rights in the future.

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