d reinforced the international human rights movement (Buergenthal 2000: 4). Naturally, the efforts to consolidate human rights norms in the international arena could find the chance to come to fruition and in contemporary world politics respect for rights has become, one could say, the new criterion of international legitimacy. Especially in the late 90s, the international community acted militarily for the sake of human rights. The humanitarian intervention in Kosovo might be seen as the realization of human rights in world politics. Moreover, the 'consensus' inherent in the 1993 Vienna Declaration and Programme for Action is seen as a clear indication of the global commitment to universal human rights (Boyle 1995: 79-81, Donnelly 1999). Moreover, the Rome Statute, which establishes a perma
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