Droit International Droits de L’homme et Realpolitik: le Cas de Chypre

Abstract

Human rights have become the new dominant ideology in international relations. In this article, taking as an example the case of Cyprus, we will try to show that the policy of human rights is applied in a selective manner, taking more into consideration the interests of the western world –the United States playing a leading role- than international law.

This question being very large, we are going to limit ourselves to certain particular aspects of it in order to show that the ideology of human rights, while being in itaself of an unquestionable ethical value, is in reality serving the interests of the rich and developed countries, which manipulate it accordingly.