Defining cultural rights
Author: Patrice Meyer-Bisch
Posted by:
citizensofculture
Source:
http://www.culturalpolicies.net
Issues at stake: concrete universality
Cultural rights still fall through the gap in the Human Rights' protection system. Identity related questions are at the most intimate level of respect for human dignity, the right of each individual to participate in "a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized" (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 28). They are at the root of violence and peace issues, of poverty and welf ...
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2010-08-25 12:36:35
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