Heiner Bielefeldt University of Erlangen A. Human rights as a precondition of lasting societal peace Human rights contribute to strengthening the preconditions of sustainable societal peace. This purpose comes out very clearly in the first sentence of the preamble of the first international human rights document, i.e. the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). It proclaims that the “recognition ...
Cekli S. Pratiwi Law Faculty, University of Muhammadiyah Malang A. Introduction This chapter outlines important aspects of the concept of human rights in International and Indonesia context. First, it provides a description of human rights. Briefly reviewing the definitions of the terms “human rights” and “owners of human rights.” Then, it provides a description of the basic principles of human ...
Tore Lindholm The Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief,Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo A. Introduction This chapter The two terms “human rights” and “international human rights” (hereinafter abbreviated “IHRs”) are in this chapter used interchangeably, without thereby implying that human beings did not, somehow, have legitimate claims to human rights protection before ...