This article is slightly misleading. We’ll call it carelessness rather than accuse the author of disingenuousness. Derek Roebuck was never director of Amnesty. He was head of research for a bit, but never director. He was a communist though, and he had major rows with other Amnesty employees because of it. It was, in fact, the reason he left Amnesty. The UN Declaration of Human Rights was drafted mainly by Brits and Yanks, and it very much reflects Western values. It has next to nothing to do with “Stalinist” ideals. Only a numpty could suggest otherwise. I have this argument a lot with people who like to run down the European Convention on Human Rights (via the English Human Rights Act 1998). When it comes down to it they can never, and I mean NEVER, cite a right in the Convention they disagree with. Ah, what’s the point....