Milestone Anniversaries: Marking Time in International Human Rights Law

Milestone anniversaries noting the creation of treaties, documents and bodies have become a common part international human rights law. While much scholarship has been stimulated by such anniversaries, little considered anniversary as an activity in its own right. The present article addresses this. Examining United Nations scholarly materials on selected from mid-twentieth century to present, it does so thinking about time. Analysis these reveals that work is characterized active relationship time, rather than marking calendar time alone. This analysis stimulates more reflective apprehension important yet under-considered this area law and, turn, enhances understandings operation.