Human Rights: Universality and Cultural Diversity of the World

DOI

10.2991/fred-19.2020.87How to use a DOI?

Keywords

human rights, Christian tradition, Muslim tradition, Anglo-Saxon tradition, Russian liberal tradition

Abstract

The article considers the problem of human rights in the aspect of their universality and cultural diversity of the world through the prism of established traditions. The problem of universality and universalization of human rights becomes the most acute in conjunction with the sustainable development strategy in a situation of increasing integration of the economies and societies. Based on methodological approaches to the problem of human rights, the transformation of the meaning of human rights is revealed, human rights are examined through the prism of traditional ideas about a person and his rights. The research base was taken by the Anglo-Saxon legal family, Russia, Islam, and Christianity, based on the traditions established within their framework, the development of the idea of human rights to its normative consolidation at the international and national levels is shown. The purpose of the study is identifying the prevailing traditions in individual cultures and on their basis, understanding the transformation of approaches in understanding and normative consolidation of human rights. Close attention is paid to traditions in human rights issues as representations that have developed as socio-cultural landmarks in incorporating the idea of human rights into the modern concept of universal human rights.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - O. Tomyuk
AU  - A. Shutaleva
AU  - M. Dyachkova
AU  - S. Glushkova
AU  - A. Dudchik
PY  - 2020/01
DA  - 2020/01
TI  - Human Rights: Universality and Cultural Diversity of the World
BT  - Proceedings of the International Session on Factors of Regional Extensive Development (FRED 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 428
EP  - 432
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/fred-19.2020.87
DO  - 10.2991/fred-19.2020.87
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