| dc.description.abstract | Since the Second World War, concern for the legal and social protection
of human rights and fundamental freedoms has taken increasingly
manifest forms. At the national and international level, there has been
increased recognition that certain basic humanitarian guarantees must
receive protection.1 In contemporary society, respect for human rights is
an important element of political legitimacy.2
"One of the main purposes of the concern for human rights is to
ensure that divergent opinions can be accommodated, respected and acted upon in such a way that due attention is paid both to the common
good and to the concerns of individuals."' The characterization of a specific goal as a human right is of the utmost importance since it "elevates
it above the rank and file of competing social goals, gives it a degree of
immunity from challenge and generally endows it with an aura of timelessness, absoluteness and universal validity." | en_US |
