scholarly journals Environmental protection as a global bioethical principle: Protestant faith tradition in conversation with United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriaan L. Rheeder
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Modern Human ◽  
Preliminary Evaluation ◽  
Ethical Perspective ◽  
United Nations Educational ◽  
Faith Tradition ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Voice

The Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (UDBHR) is an important, modern human rights instrument regulating global bioethical challenges. The Protestant faith tradition was excluded from any discourse regarding the UDBHR; consequently, the universality and credibility, especially in Protestant circles, have been questioned. For the Protestant faith tradition, the voice of the Bible is decisive. An ethical foundation for article 17 of the UDBHR (enviromental protection and health) is, therefore, important, as it can contribute to the internalisation of the principle. In the analysis of article 17, it has been shown that the international community is convinced that an irrefutable relationship exists between nature and the health of the human interconnectedness. A damaged creation harms the health of the human and, therefore, the protection of nature is an indisputable obligation. From a Protestant ethical perspective, this global principle could be associated with or founded on the themes of creation, sin, covenant, Christology and eschatology. Grounded in this preliminary evaluation, article 17 can be supported by the global Protestant community. A few facts from South Africa indicate the necessity of promoting the global bioethical principle in this country.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: This study is an interdisciplinary analysis in the sense that it focuses on Theology and Human Rights Law within the context of Global Bioethics. It challenges the view that the Protestant perspective can be excluded in the discourse regarding the relation between environment and human health (article 17 of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization [UNESCO] Bioethics Declaration).

scholarly journals Social responsibility for health as a global bioethical principle

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Riaan Rheeder
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Universal Declaration ◽  
Ethical Perspective ◽  
United Nations Educational ◽  
Faith Tradition ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
Full Support ◽  
The Bible

The fact that the Protestant faith tradition was not involved in the discourse during the development of the Universal Declaration of Bioethics of Human Rights (UDBHR) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has made the universality of the declaration and specific article 14 (social responsibility in health) a point of contention and hampered full support of the document by the Protestant faith tradition. This study has shown, however, that the broad Protestant faith tradition may support the UDBHR and specific article 14 in its call to social responsibility to health because this global appeal can be grounded on the Bible. This discussion also gives a preliminary ethical perspective on the Life Esidimeni tragedy.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrey R. Chapman ◽  
Konstantinos Tararas
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Global Health ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Enabling Factors ◽  
Global Health Initiatives ◽  
United Nations Educational ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
Health Initiatives ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Right

This chapter focuses on the human rights work of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and its interconnection with initiatives relating to global health. Embedded in its Constitution, the promotion of human rights has been a component of UNESCO’s activities across its fields of competence since the first years of its existence. Although global health is not central to its mandate, many of UNESCO’s programs are either inextricably connected to global health or have contributed to UN initiatives promoting public health and the right to health. This is showcased through an overview of UNESCO’s efforts on: (1) standard-setting and monitoring; (2) rights in education; and (3) rights in science. Enabling factors for a stronger human rights articulation of UNESCO’s global health initiatives are the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a rights-based common standard of achievement and the resulting inter-agency cooperation and coordination.

scholarly journals Ho Chi Minh's Thought on Human Rights and Applying in Vietnam Today

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (05) ◽  
Author(s):  
Assoc. Prof, Dr. Pham Ngoc Tram ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Communist Party ◽  
100Th Anniversary ◽  
Historical Period ◽  
United Nations Educational ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
The World ◽  
National Hero ◽  
Life Career

Ho Chi Minh is a great man whose life, career, ideology and actions are associated with a heroic historical period of the Vietnamese nation. He is not only loved and respected by the Vietnamese people but also admired and honoured by the world. Resolution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Ho Chi Minh: "The national hero of Vietnam and a great cultural man”. Ho Chi Minh's revolutionary career has left the Communist Party and people of Vietnam invaluable heritage of reasoning on particularly important issues, a including the profound philosophy of human rights, up to now, there remains theoretical and practical values.

Part I Theoretical Foundations, Ch.6 Anthropology and the Grounds of Human Rights

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Goodale Mark
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Universal Declaration ◽  
Advisory Opinion ◽  
History Of Anthropology ◽  
American Anthropological Association ◽  
United Nations Educational ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
History Of ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

This article examines the relation between the history of anthropology and human rights. It explains that anthropology first became connected with human rights in 1947 when the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) asked the American Anthropological Association (AAA) to write an advisory opinion on human rights during the drafting of what would become the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It also contends that the history of anthropology�s relationship to human enables a better understanding of how and why human rights developed as they did.

The Ethical Mandate of unesco

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 332-367
Author(s):  
Fruzsina Molnár-Gábor
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Standard Setting ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Joint Session ◽  
United Nations Educational ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
International Bioethics

Complying with the statutory mission of promoting collaboration in science the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (unesco) perceives an ethical mandate which commenced in the 1970s and has been object of ongoing establishment regarding its integration into the human rights framework and its institutionalization ever since. The main achievements within this mandate are so far unesco’s standard-setting activities, among which the most important are three universal declarations, and its field work based on different ethical projects which aim at expanding capacities, coordination and the international cooperation within bioethics. As for the ethical achievements in 2014, these are basically rooted in the Medium-term Strategy 2014–2021 and manifested in the working program of International Bioethics Committee (ibc) for 2014–2015. They were discussed in and already partly realized through the Joint Session of the ibc and the Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee and the meetings of the 21st Session of the ibc. Together with unesco’s field work in 2014, the progress is important regarding the role of ethics within the human rights framework; the cooperation between unesco’s bioethical committees; the involvement of organizations in the work of unesco; and its future standard-setting activities.

scholarly journals Respect for cultural diversity as a global bioethical principle. Own reasons from a Protestant perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Riaan A.L. Rheeder
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Religious Tradition ◽  
Consultation Process ◽  
Faith Tradition ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
Universal Principles ◽  
Theological Perspective ◽  
Education Science

In the development and acceptance of Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Bioethics and Human Rights, the United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) did not involve the Protestant faith tradition in the consultation process (other traditions were indeed consulted). This brings the universality (UNESCO perspective) as well as the acceptability of the Declaration and its principles (democratic perspective) into question. In order to address this issue, it is necessary to involve the Protestant tradition in the discourse by presenting own reasons that support the universal principles in the Declaration (theological perspective). This discourse has shown that respect for cultural diversity, pluralism and the priority of universal shared values can be grounded from a Trinitarian perspective; therefore, the appeal of the Declaration to consider this principle seriously in the field of bioethics can be supported by the Protestant religious tradition.

scholarly journals Respect for privacy and confidentiality as a global bioethical principle: Own reasons from a Protestant perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriaan L. Rheeder
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Religious Tradition ◽  
Educational Science ◽  
Consultation Process ◽  
United Nations Educational ◽  
Faith Tradition ◽  
Universal Principles ◽  
Theological Perspective ◽  
Privacy And Confidentiality

In the development and acceptance of Article 9 of the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (UDBHR or also refer to as ‘the Declaration’), the United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) did not involve the Protestant faith tradition in the consultation process (other traditions were consulted). This given brings the universality (UNESCO perspective) as well as the acceptability of the Declaration and its principles (democratic perspective) into question. In order to address this issue, it is necessary to involve the Protestant tradition in the discourse by presenting own reasons that support the universal principles in the Declaration (theological perspective). This discourse shows that respect for privacy and confidentiality as universal shared values can be grounded from a theological perspective. Therefore, the appeal of the Declaration to consider this principle seriously in the field of bioethics can be supported by the Protestant religious tradition.

scholarly journals A Multi-scale Approach to Interculturalism: From Globalised Politics to Localised Policy and Practice

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricard Zapata-Barrero ◽  
Fethi Mansouri
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Local Level ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
United Nations Educational ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
Global Agenda

AbstractInterculturalism (IC) is presently discussed as a foundational basis for local public policy aimed at managing migration-related diversity within ethno-culturally plural societies, especially at the local level. Despite its increased saliency over the last decade, IC is neither theoretically new nor was it always intended for mere application in strictly city contexts of diversity. Rather, it has a global origin as a political basis for international relations and negotiations. In discussing these origins, this article has two main interrelated aims. Firstly, it provides an overview of the multi-scale approach of IC, with the purpose of disentangling analytically the different empirical bases where it can frame the diversity agenda. Secondly, it explores whether a lack of appreciation and awareness of this multi-scale orientation may affect IC’s capacity to address the challenges of diversity governance at the local level. Methodologically, the article will undertake a textual analysis of a select number of leading documents framing its practice within the broader policy literature produced by the four main institutions that have advocated the intercultural approach within a global agenda. These are the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and United Nations University, on one hand, and the European Union and the Council of Europe on the other. The main findings show us the importance of a multi-scale thinking in diversity and IC studies, to avoid contributing to greater confusion in its applications.

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