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3 Jun, 2013 09:42

Human rights: Universal or flexible?

Human rights have been used as both carrot-and-stick reasons to bring some countries into the European fold and to keep others out. They are thought to be universal, yet their application is highly specific to each country's political, social and economic circumstances. To discuss that RT's Oksana Boyko joined by Thorbjorn Jagland, secretary-general of the Council of Europe.

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