Thursday, October 22, 2009

Interesting way to look at human rights

We often accept that human rights are universal because they affect all of us. But there's more to it than that.

Human rights ... are omni-lateral, meaning that they are claims directed at all entities within the previous dimensions: every other human being, every state and every intermediary entity can violate our rights. That is what we mean when we say that rights are rights erga omnes. More...

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