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Human Rights Ideas, Law, and Institutions in Europe

  • This chapter introduces the contribution of Europe to the development of human rights ideas, law, and institutions. In a spirit of ‘provincialising Europe’, it argues that Europe’s contributions to human rights are ambivalent and dynamic. The chapter first examines natural rights and rights of citizens as twin, but also potentially conflicting, developments in demarcating Europe’s contributions to human rights. Europe is historically a home of human rights ideas as well as strong critiques and double standards in the use of these ideas. The chapter then examines European contributions to the legalization of human rights with a focus on two institutional Europes: that of the Council of Europe and the European Union. Finally, the chapter reviews contemporary human rights debates, against the backdrop of authoritarianization in Europe on the one hand and demands for new human rights to tackle the climate crisis, and digitalization of modern societies on the other.

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Document Type:Part of a Book
Language:English
Author(s):Başak Çalı
Editor(s):Anne van Aaken, Pierre d'Argent, Lauri Mälksoo, Johann Justus Vasel
Parent Title (English):The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Europe
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Publication year:2023
Publishing Institution:Hertie School
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198865315.013.8
ISBN:9780198865315
Release Date:2024/04/26
Tag:EU Law, International Law, Law
AY 22/23:AY 22/23
Licence of document (German):Metadaten / metadata
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