Topic > The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - 1830

UNIVERSALITYThe debate on the universality or otherwise of human rights has been ongoing since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights more than sixty years ago and is destined to continue for a long time to come. different schools of thought on the subject. While there is a growing consensus that human rights are universal, there are critics who fiercely oppose this idea. Of the many questions posed by critics revolve around the pluricultural and multipolarized nature of the world and whether something in such a situation can truly be universal. The only agreement reached so far by both sides is that human rights are the rights of man in society. . That is why every state around the world at some point observes, if not all, then at least some human rights. Human rights advocates argue that the universality of the concept lies in its non-discriminatory character: human rights are meant for every human being. rich and poor, white and black, men and women, young and old, leaders and followers, elite and illiterate, etc. - and they are all treated the same. In his article “From citizenship to human rights: what is at stake for democracy” Tambakaki observes that in addition to playing a political role, human rights are primarily moral and legal rights. As moral norms they refer to every creature that bears a human face while as legal norms they protect individual people in a specific legal community (pp9). For Habermas they (human rights) are rights of a juridical nature, endowed with an extrapositive validity which he says is a projection of the universality of their scope and addressed equally to all human beings - citizens and non-citizens of a given State (Ferrara pp 396). We will talk about the last part of Harbemas later... middle of the paper... concern and where there are serious violations, intervene to protect the lives of the victims. It is therefore no longer credible that a state turns its back on international law, citing prejudice towards European values ​​and influence. All humanity needs today to realize the elusive, yet eternal, dream of perpetual peace is global citizenship based on a strong commitment to the principles of equity and democracy rooted in civil society. The challenge that awaits us is probably the need to work towards the individuation of human rights and guarantee their affirmation within the traditions and history of each country. The 1993 Vienna Convention on Human Rights emphasizes the need to consider the importance of national and regional details as well as various cultural, historical and religious contexts when thinking about human rights.=====================