Concern for Development Aid and Fundamental Human Rights
The Dilemma as Faced by the Netherlands
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11673118 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Baehr (0000-0001-7921-7162, corresponding author), Peter R Baehr |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-39 |
| Publication date | 1982-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Rights Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0275-0392 • E-ISSN: 1085-794X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/761989 |
| OpenAlex | W2319895924 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
One of the basic assumptions made in dealing with human rights is the existence of universal norms that govern the way in which human beings ought to deal with other human beings. This assumption lies at the bottom of all debates on human rights. It is on this assumption that the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a declaration which contains principles that are supposed to apply universally to all people, at all times, and under any circumstances. The declaration recognizes the inherent human dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of all people as basic to freedom, justice, and world peace. It contains fundamental principles such as the right to life, the right not to be subjected to torture or to cruel inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and the right not to be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile. Many of these rights, that belong to the category of classic civil liberties, were restated and reaffirmed in the 1966 Convenant on Civil and Political Rights. A second international covenant, adopted in 1966, deals with economic, social, and cultural rights; it gives expression to the view that human rights refer to more than classic civil liberties and that economic, social, and cultural development should also be considered as fundamental human rights
Dilemma · Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Ethical dilemma · Human rights · Law and economics · Political science · Sociology · Engineering · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Human Rights and Development · International Development and Aid · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1994 - 2011 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |