Question

Multiple Choice

a.	an argument	c.	a description
b.	an explanation	d.	none of these “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UN 1948) recognizes the right to freedom of movement across boundaries. . . . Article 14 anchors the right to enjoy asylum under certain circumstances, while Article 1 of the Declaration proclaims that everyone has ‘the right to a nationality’. . . . [but] The Universal Declaration is silent on states’ obligations to grant entry to immigrants, to uphold the right of asylum, and to permit citizenship to alien residents and denizens. . . . Despite the cross border character of these rights, the Declaration upholds the sovereignty of individual states. Thus a series of internal contradictions between universal human rights and territorial sovereignty are built into the logic of the most comprehensive international law documents in our world” [Seyla Benhabib, The Rights of Others: Aleiens, Residents, and Citizens, Cambridge University Press, 2004, p. 11

Answer 1

The given text consists of a declaration therefore falling under the category of description. It tends to explain The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UN 1948), along with its legal implications and other details. Furthermore, it states that despite the cross border character of these rights, the Declaration upholds the sovereignty of individual states. Since the reference consists of the source from where the information is gathered, it is more of a description rather than explanation.