The Status of Universal Human Rights in the 21st Century: An Appraisal
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The Status of Universal Human Rights in the 21st Century: An AppraisalAutoría
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2014Editor
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1139-5486Cita bibliográfica
MCAPREKO, Prize F.Y. The Status of Universal Human Rights in the 21st Century: An Appraisal. Fòrum de recerca, 2014, núm. 19, p. 25-32.Tipo de documento
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The emergence of human rights into human ethical consciousness and their
development and now worldwide recognition constitutes a moral phenomenon of
astonishing scale and unparalleled significance, well meriting the ... [+]
The emergence of human rights into human ethical consciousness and their
development and now worldwide recognition constitutes a moral phenomenon of
astonishing scale and unparalleled significance, well meriting the remark of Henkin (1990:
p.xvii) that “Ours is the age of human rights. Human rights is the idea of our time
(Mahoney, 2007: viii).
On 10th December, 1948, the famous Universal Declaration of Human
Rights (UDHR) was proclaimed as one of the most widespread and globally
binding internationally-recognized human rights document in the
horrendous aftermath of the First World War. Its universal importance is
seen in the recognition of the day as International Human Rights Day, and
celebrated as such throughout the world. One of the principal objectives
then was to avert a repetition of the holocaust, and to safeguard the
provision of human rights contained in this document. Dinah L. Shelton
places significant emphasis on this for good reasons. As she notes, “the
concept of human rights involves consideration of what “rights” a person
possesses by virtue of being “human”, that is rights that human beings,
independent of the infinite variety of individual characteristics and human
social circumstances” (Shelton, 2014: 1). The essence of this emphasis,
especially her emphasis on “infinite” human characteristic, is perhaps, to
safeguard future generations from the challenges of “identity” and the idea
of “us” versus “them” often used in cases of “just wars”. It is the
development of this aspect which this article seeks to investigate, using
circumstances of the Ebola virus threat as a reference point. The article
concludes that, there are emerging threats that question the extent of
universality [-]
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XIX Jornades de Foment de la Investigació de la Facultat de Ciències Humanes i Socials (Any 2014)
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Fòrum de recerca, 2014, núm. 19Derechos de acceso
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