The universal human rights concept

Type :

Summaries

Pages :

5 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

05/07/2009

Category :

Philosophy & literature

Sub category :

Humanities/philosophy

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Summary :

Introduction
Cultural relativism
Universality of human rights
The case of China
Conclusion
Bibliography

Abstract

The UN was founded immediately after the horrors of the Second World War because of the Nazi-regime and in response to the economic and social difficulties after the Depression. This need of security by law was explained by a particular tradition in Europe where in the seventeenth and the eighteenth centuries dominated despotic governments. Political and also economic securities were asked by the poorest people through organizations such as trade unions and socialism. These are the reasons why human rights are included in the world legislative code. They concern four levels - individuals, cultural communities and associations, nation-states, and the world system regulated by the United Nations.

As we can see, human rights come from the West, yet the history of international relations shows us that the world has always been divided. It is claimed today that the world contains two very different parts at every level of study which diplomatically seem to be imperialism and anti-imperialism, historically colonialism and anti-colonialism, geographically North and South, economically rich and poor nations, politically capitalist and socialist, the West and the Third World, although many countries of the Third World have mixed economies. That is why it is important to analyze whether the universal human rights concept, which has its roots in Western thought, can be applicable to all human beings.