The General Assembly adopted the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The USSR took part in the universal rights framework, even as restrictions on speech, movement, and political organization at home exposed the distance between treaty language and Soviet practice.
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What did the International Covenants adopted in 1966 concern?
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The UN adopted two covenants covering these rights on December 16, 1966.
The USSR signed the International Covenants adopted by the UN in 1966.
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The Soviet Union took part in the international rights framework, despite serious domestic restrictions.