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In 1966, the UN General Assembly adopted two motions. One of them was the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the other was the International Covenant on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights.

What was the significance of these covenants ?

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To set up the guidelines for Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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To clarify the types of human rights that can be violated and the ones that cannot
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To set up guidelines for countries to form laws that give its citizens freedom, civil and socio- economic rights
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To fight the human rights violations during the Civil Rights Movement
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The correct option is C To set up guidelines for countries to form laws that give its citizens freedom, civil and socio- economic rights
In 1966, the UN General Assembly adopted the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR - and the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. The word Covenant means agreement these agreements were an extension of UDHR. They specified the Civil, Political, Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights of human beings.

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