Rethinking Human Rights
A special issue of Laws (ISSN 2075-471X). This special issue belongs to the section "Human Rights Issues".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 875
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues:
In September 1948, Eleanor Roosevelt emphasized that ‘[t]he future must see the broadening of human rights throughout the world’. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which Roosevelt played a central role in drafting as Chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights and which was ultimately adopted on 10 December 1948 by the UN General Assembly. Such a milestone presents an opportunity to reflect on the progress and prospects of human rights protection. It is also evident that the world currently faces numerous inflection points that challenge traditional doctrines and approaches. To ensure that they remain effective, human rights must continually evolve to meet the needs of present generations as well as those of the future. In this Special Issue, particular emphasis is placed on social, environmental or technological changes that demand a reassessment of human rights found in the UDHR. Scholars are invited to critically appraise the current scope of and constraints around human rights protection with a view to identifying future obstacles and challenges in these three contexts. To look forward, it may also be important to look back, not least at how human rights law has overcome problems in the past. By anticipating future challenges and thinking collectively about how to resolve them, it is hoped that the UDHR will remain as relevant in 75 years’ time as it does today. After all, as Eleanor Roosevelt put it so beautifully, ‘[t]he world of the future is in our making. Tomorrow is now’.
Dr. Jason Rudall
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- public international law
- human rights
- rights of nature
- international environmental law
- international economic law
- development
- international courts and tribunals
- dispute settlement
