The modern human rights story started in 1948 with the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and was continued in 1950 with the Council of Europe’s Convention of Human Rights and the Inter-American Convention on Human Rights. These conventions focus on political and civil rights, not economic and social rights, so they lack comprehensive emphasis on sustainable development. The African Charter on the Rights and Duties of Man has more of an emphasis on development. Other regions such as Asia and the Middle East still do not have these charters. 

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