The principle of human rights—the idea of basic rights belonging to all persons because they are human—was introduced into international relations: a. after the dropping of the atomic bomb. b. after the holocaust. c. when nato was established. d. when the universal declaration of human rights was adopted. e. in the revolutionary period of the late eighteenth century.

The best answer to the question: The principle of human rights - the idea of basic rights belonging to all persons because they are human - was introduced into international relations, would be, E: In the revolutionary period of the late eighteenth century.

Explanation:

The issue of human rights grew exponentially after the end of the Second World War, most specifically after 1948, with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and its acceptance by all countries member of the U.N. However, the acceptance of human rights, at least the idea that people had basic rights simply because they were human, came to be during the late 18th century and early 19th centuries, especially during the period of Enlightment. It was the belief in the ideals and principles of Natural Rights, which came hand in hand with the ideals of Natural Law, that nations, politicians and especially philosophers and great thinkers of the time, began to expound on basic and natural human rights, which were inalienable from them because they were a given due to their condition as members of the human species. As said, the full concept of Human Rights did not appear until after the Second World War, but its initiation began in the late eighteenth century.