scholarly journals Concept of Universal Human Rights: Development and Evolution

2021 ◽  
pp. 143-160
Author(s):  
Aleksandr Ivanovich Kugai
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Popular Sovereignty ◽  
Western Tradition ◽  
Law Of Nature ◽  
Universal Human Rights ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
Xix Century ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Development And Evolution

The concept of human rights, having presumably universal meaning, usually derived from "Western' tradition. Although liberals of XVII and XVIII centuries consider the law of nature as a tool for it's protection starting from XIX century the rights (called the human rights by that time) considered as positive abilities to formulate one's personal, subjective preferences of individuals. That evolution must be taken into account both in researches and in political practices, carried out by representatives of different cultures, since the comprehension of an individual and a person as culturally justified serves as a besetting element. Thus the project of universal human rights must be the object of contemplation from the point of view of different cultures and the variety of preferences, oftentimes contradictory ideas, dominating in specific societies, rooted in their cultures, formed and developed over a long many of years. Indeed, both theoretical and practical concepts have huge impact for political being. Speaking not only about implications of specific legislative branches and governments to applications universal human rights standard, but also about creating such standard from different point of views in accordance with the idea of not competing with popular sovereignty.

PART I: Religious Traditions and Migration: Movement, Asylum, Borders: Christian Perspectives

1996 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-17
Author(s):  
S.J. Drew Christiansen
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Catholic Social Teaching ◽  
Moral Theology ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Teaching ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Universal Human Rights ◽  
Theological Foundations ◽  
Moral Problems ◽  
And Migration

This paper addresses from the point of view of Catholic social teaching and moral theology the questions posed by the intersection of universal human rights, especially the rights of movement, and the assertion of national sovereignty. It begins with a brief note on the theological foundations of Catholic understanding of exile and refuge, then examines the moral problems involved in the clash between rights of movement and the sovereign control of national borders.

Introduction to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

2019 ◽  
Vol 76 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 102-108
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Cataldi
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Universal Declaration ◽  
Universal Human Rights ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Degree Of Acceptance ◽  
United Nations Charter ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Precise Content

The debate on the existence of universal human rights is always alive and involves not only the international law regime but also the enforcement of national laws as well as the relationship between cultural diversity and protection of human rights. It is a fact that not all the principles on human rights included in the major conventions and international acts on human rights come under the same regime, and so the idea of a distinction between conditional human rights rules and absolute human rights rules is not alien to the international mechanism sal, and for this reason its affirmation depends on the degree of acceptance of its principles. This acceptance has so far been much wider than one could imagine. Although it originally represented the point of view mainly of Western countries, the Universal Declaration has been successful as it immediately sought to give precise content to the commitments solemnly made by State with the approval of the United Nations Charter.

Human Rights beyond the Double Bind of Sovereignty

2019 ◽  
pp. 81-88
Author(s):  
Mark Goodale
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
French Revolution ◽  
Political Action ◽  
International System ◽  
The State ◽  
Popular Sovereignty ◽  
State Sovereignty ◽  
Double Bind ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Universal Human Rights

This chapter responds to Kate Nash’s contribution by examining what she describes as the two sovereignties that shape the life of contemporary human rights: the first, the state sovereignty of the Westphalian international system within which institutionalized human rights are firmly embedded; the second, the popular sovereignty of democratic polities, which is anchored in shifting notions of citizenship, culture, and identity. As the chapter explains, this ‘double bind’ of sovereignty was already present from the time of the French Revolution, which instantiated a similar division between universal ideals and the interests of citizens living in particular nation-states. As between these two, as the chapter concludes, it would appear inevitable that the cosmopolitan aspirations of universal human rights are bound to give way to more modest articulations of rights and political action, that is, human rights understood and practised in the plural.

scholarly journals Universal Human Rights? Historical and Contemporary Comments

Politeja ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2(71)) ◽  
pp. 3-17
Author(s):  
Bogdan Szlachta
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Natural Law ◽  
Human Person ◽  
Law Of Nature ◽  
Universal Human Rights ◽  
The Law ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Law Making

The concept of human rights, supposedly of universal importance, is usually derived from the tradition referred to as “Western”. Although the “classic approaches” – Greek, Roman and Christian, refer to the norms of natural law, making them the basis or limits of the rights of individuals, in modern approaches the relation is reserved, in the manner that rights become primary to norms. Although liberals of the 17th and 18th centuries consider the law of nature as a tool for their protection, starting from the 19th century, the rights (already called human rights) have been increasingly perceived as positive abilities to articulate own, subjective preferences of individuals. This evolution needs to be accounted for in the studies carried out by representatives of various cultures, since the comprehension of an individual (and even a “human person”) as an essentially culturally unconditioned one, is its ineradicable element.

DEFINITION OF THE PUBLIC SECURITY AND ORDERLINESS ENSURING MECHANISM IN UKRAINE

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (11) ◽  
pp. 155-163
Author(s):  
Marina Aleksandrovna Kalievskaya
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
State Policy ◽  
The State ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Public Security ◽  
National Priority ◽  
Institu Tions ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Definition Of

In this article, a model of the mechanism of ensuring public security and orderliness in accordance with the principles and tasks of the relevant institu- tions in public administration, taking into account resources, technologies, mea- sures for the state policy implementation in the spheres of ensuring the protection of human rights and freedoms, the interests of society and the state, combating crime, maintaining public security and order. It was found that ensuring public security and order in Ukraine is a mechanism for the implementation of national goals of state policy in the areas of ensuring the protection of human rights and freedoms, the interests of society and the state, combating crime, maintaining public security and order, by defining tasks according to certain principles. The idea is that if one considers the state policy in the spheres of ensuring the protec- tion of human rights and freedoms, the interests of society and the state, combat- ing crime, maintaining public security and order as a national priority (purpose, task), then the mechanism of ensuring public security and order in Ukraine needs coordination with the state development strategy. From the point of view of the implementation of the state policy in the areas of ensuring the protection of hu- man rights and freedoms, the interests of society and the state, combating crime, maintaining public security and order, the mechanism of ensuring public security and order in Ukraine can be considered as the main system providing intercon- nection such elements as institutions (implementing the specified state policy), resources (human resources, logistical, natural and so on, with the help of which it is possible to implement state policy), technologies (skills, knowledge, means and so on the implementation of state policy), measures (action plans), as well as external (internal) threats.

INTERIOR DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE THROUGH THE PRISM OF TIME: FROM CONFLICT TO COOPERATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-37
Author(s):  
I. Naydenova
Keyword(s):  
Interior Design ◽  
Mutual Influence ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Living Space ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Functional Zoning ◽  
Architecture And Design ◽  
Xix Century

As a research area, interior design took shape in the 20s of the last century, despite the fact that the practice of decorating living spaces dates back many hundreds of years. However, the "self-sufficiency" of design and its connection with architecture to this day is the subject of scientific discussions of urban specialists, historians, art historians, and anthropologists. The article discusses the leading artistic styles and trends that prevailed in architecture and design from the point of view of their mutual influence on each other. Time frame of the research: from the middle of XIX century to the first half of XX century. As a result of the research of foreign experience in the formation of interior design, the main stages of the movement development and its relationship with architecture in two formations were identified: activities directly dependent on architectural decisions, activities that determine the entire design process to a large extent: from the functional zoning of the premises to the features of the placement of utilities in the building. Entering the information era in art as a whole is characterized by the rejection of slogans that clearly delineate stylistic boundaries and determine the role of a designer in creating the living space. The determining factor influencing the integrity of the building’s appearance in a modern view is the harmony of the facade and the internal content, which was made possible thanks to the equal interaction of the architect and designer, starting from the first half of the 20th century.

Sobre la obra literaria de Madame Blavatsky

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 87-94
Author(s):  
José Ricardo Chaves
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
The Fantastic ◽  
Xix Century ◽  
Fiction Writer

The main goal of this essay is to present Helena P. Blavatsky, widely known as a great occultist of the XIX century, as a fiction writer, that used the rethorical powers of the fantastic to develop some stories to attract a wider audience. Her traveling chronicles around India are very interesting because of her skillful narrative and her Russian point of view, that differs from writers from England or India.

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