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The Morality Of Human Rights: A Nonreligious Ground?, Michael J. Perry
The Morality Of Human Rights: A Nonreligious Ground?, Michael J. Perry
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In the midst of the countless, grotesque inhumanities of the twentieth century, however, there is a heartening story, amply recounted elsewhere: the emergence, in international law, of the morality of human rights. The morality of human rights is not new; in one or another version, the morality is very old. But the emergence of morality in international law, in the period since the end of World War II, is a profoundly important development.
The twentieth century, therefore, was not only the dark and bloody time; the second half of the twentieth century was also the time in which a growing …
Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Water: Evaluating Water As A Human Right And The Duties And Obligations It Creates, Amy Hardberger
Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Water: Evaluating Water As A Human Right And The Duties And Obligations It Creates, Amy Hardberger
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The Right to Water should be an independent, explicit human right. As such, the status of the right to water would be raised to the status of customary international law (jus cogens), imposing an affirmative, obligatory duty an all nations. Historically the right to water has been included in the right to life, limiting the right; however, that approach undermines the essential importance of water and causes enforcement problems that would be avoided by regarding water as an independent right.
Landmark international agreements, treatises, and the work of various international entities and other non-governmental organizations have made tremendous strides in …