The Universality of the Concept of Human Rights
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9765288 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louis Henkin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 506 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 10-16 |
| Publication date | 1989-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716289506001002 |
| OpenAlex | W2121231442 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
Debate about the universality of human rights requires definition of “human rights” and even of “universality.” The idea of human rights is related but not equivalent to justice, the good, democracy. Strictly, the conception is that every individual has legitimate claims upon his or her society for defined freedoms and benefits; an authoritative catalog of rights is set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The rights of the Universal Declaration are politically and legally universal, having been accepted by virtually all states, incorporated into their own laws, and translated into international legal obligations. Assuring respect for rights in fact, however, will require the continued development of stable political societies and of the commitment to constitutionalism. Virtually all societies are also culturally receptive to those basic rights and human needs included in the Universal Declaration that reflect common contemporary moral intuitions. Other rights, however - notably, freedom of expression, religious and ethnic equality, and the equality of women - continue to meet deep resistance
Constitutionalism · Declaration · Democracy · Fundamental rights · Human rights · International human rights law · Law and economics · Linguistic rights · Political science · Politics · Right to property · Sociology · Universality (dynamical systems · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Political Philosophy and Ethics
Bridging the Gap Between Cultural Relativism and Universality of Human Rights
Human rights’ in judicial judgement of China
Violence, Terror, and The Crisis of The State
Social justice in education revisited 1
Women’s Health and Human Rights
Embracing Universality
Legislative veto players and human rights treaty signature timing
Non-Citizen Rights in Asean
The complexity of human rights in global times
The Global South and global human rights
Human rights and culture
Social Justice and Pedagogy
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2025 (32) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |