nternational step towards codifying these rights came when the General Assembly of the then-fledgling United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 1948. It was seen as a major success for the international body with some describing the declaration as a "Magna Carta for humanity". After the fall of the Iron curtain, the issue of Human Rights has gained more significance in international politics.
             The Importance of Studying Human Rights
             The tremendous growth in international human rights across the world led to an increasing academic interest in the subject matter. In the human rights area, a sizable literature emerged which identified international human rights groups and their networking activities as an increasingly influential factor for regime change (Schmitz and Sikkink 2001). This growing interest in international human rights comes from first of all historical changes in international politics. For example, after the end of the cold war, a new era was opened in international relations. Although the discussion on the issue of international human rights intensified in the last century especially after the WW II, by the end of Cold War the international actors lost their de facto legitimacy, that is to say, that the Cold War realities gave certain actors a legitimate base that enabled them to act. As if the balance of power between the superpowers was an international regime which kept international politics somehow stable. However, the end of this period brought a vacancy in the sense that the international actors looked for a new inspiring momentum on behalf of which they would be able to act. Therefore, human rights have become a new spirit for international actors, at least in the discourse the issue of human rights has been strongly emphasized. Although the issue of human rights was not ignored during the Cold War, the end of this period had de-ideologized the struggle for human rights an...