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The European Convention of Human Rights, implemented in 1953, led later to the 1975 Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe ('''[[Helsinki Accords]]'''). This document guaranteed the postwar borders of European states, the peaceful settlement of disputes, and respect for human rights. It regulated the principles of economic, scientific, and technological cooperation and provided for the exchange of printed, film, and televised information.
The European Convention of Human Rights, implemented in 1953, led later to the 1975 Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe ('''[[Helsinki Accords]]'''). This document guaranteed the postwar borders of European states, the peaceful settlement of disputes, and respect for human rights. It regulated the principles of economic, scientific, and technological cooperation and provided for the exchange of printed, film, and televised information.
The Helsinki Accords were used by human rights activists and the Reagan Administration to pressure the Soviet Union to relax some of its totalitarianism, and to allow the escape of Soviet Jews. [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] finally unleashed "glasnost" and "perestroika" that energized human rights activists and led to the collapse of Communism in Europe, 1989-91.
The Helsinki Accords were used by human rights activists and the Reagan Administration to pressure the Soviet Union to relax some of its totalitarianism, and to allow the escape of Soviet Jews. [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] finally unleashed "glasnost" and "perestroika" that energized human rights activists and led to the collapse of Communism in Europe, 1989–91.
==State Department==
==State Department==
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Burke, Roland. "From Individual Rights to National Development: the First UN International Conference on Human Rights, Tehran, 1968," ''Journal of World History'' 2008 19(3): 275-296, in [[EBSCO]]
* Burke, Roland. "From Individual Rights to National Development: the First UN International Conference on Human Rights, Tehran, 1968," ''Journal of World History'' 2008 19(3): 275–296, in [[EBSCO]]
* Devine, Carol et al. ''Human Rights: The Essential Reference'' (1999) [http://www.questia.com/library/book/human-rights-the-essential-reference-by-carol-devine-carol-rae-hansen.jsp online edition]
* Devine, Carol et al. ''Human Rights: The Essential Reference'' (1999) [http://www.questia.com/library/book/human-rights-the-essential-reference-by-carol-devine-carol-rae-hansen.jsp online edition]
* Langley, Winston E. ''Encyclopedia of Human Rights Issues since 1945'' (1999) [http://www.questia.com/read/111443595?title=Encyclopedia%20of%20Human%20Rights%20Issues%20since%201945 online edition]
* Langley, Winston E. ''Encyclopedia of Human Rights Issues since 1945'' (1999) [http://www.questia.com/read/111443595?title=Encyclopedia%20of%20Human%20Rights%20Issues%20since%201945 online edition]