When did human rights begin to emerge as an active concern of national foreign policies?

Correct answer: D. The mid-1970s

  • A. The end of the Cold War
  • B. The early 1950s
  • C. The mid-1960s
  • D. The mid-1970s

Explanation

Human rights became a prominent, active concern in foreign policy during the mid-1970s, helped by détente, the Helsinki process, transnational activism, and later the Carter administration. The early Cold War period treated security and ideological rivalry as more dominant concerns.

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