Unfinished business: Human Duties

ISBN-13: 9786206301059 / Angielski / Miękka / 60 str.

Emilio Germán Ardiani

Opis

Seventy years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the world reality shows a strong frustration regarding the levels of satisfaction of human rights. In the search for answers to reverse this situation, Human Duties appear as a key element to be taken into account. As a counter-face, foundation and limit to Rights, the vindication of Duties claims a vehement centrality in order to achieve, as José Saramago asks, a better world. This essay will attempt to approach Human Duties on the basis of the difficulty in their conceptualisation, then it will be necessary to take a historical look at the changes in the paradigm of law and the different international documents on the subject; this journey will in turn allow us to determine certain causes that have led to their invisibility, in order to finally propose a concept and characteristics of human duties.

O autorze

Lawyer (UCA Rosario), Judge of Administrative Misdemeanours. University Professor of Constitutional Law, Provincial and Municipal Law and Professional Ethics (UCEL Rosario). Member of the Centre for Human Rights Studies of the UCA Rosario. He has published numerous articles on Human Rights and International Politics in the media.