Posts Tagged ‘Human Rights’
Dignity, Humiliation, and Conflict
Posted on Jan 23 2017 under Peace and Values, Previous Programs | Tags: Conflict, Conflict Connections, Dignity, Evelin Lindner, Human Dignity, Human Rights, Humiliation, Humiliation Studies, Pattie Porter, World Dignity University
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights,” this is the first statement of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Since this declaration’s adoption in 1948, political rights have been foregrounded. Now the time has come for humankind to give dignity sustainable attention. Human rights are embedded in dignity, but dignity has a larger humanizing scope than rights. Dignity entails justice and peace, and it manifests as unity in diversity and supports an ethics of care.
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