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Relying on Rights Revised: Are human rights a proper means to protect traditional values of family and life?
Maciej Brachowicz, 2009 Fellow

“Human rights” has become one of the most often used phrases in international politics and the world of academia. It is used by very different, often opposite movements, parties and associations, ranking from leftist ecological and “pro-choice” groups to the Catholic Church and other defenders of so-called “traditional values.” Almost every value is presented nowadays as a fundamental human right, common to all man: undeniable, indivisible and inalienable. In Mr. Brachowicz’s paper, we can see that the scope and content of alleged human rights are being changed all the time, and some “rights” that are being pushed through by different international bodies (lacking democratic accountability and transparency) seem to explicitly contradict what was considered a “human right” about 50 years ago at the time the Universal Declaration on Human Rights has been promulgated. His paper not only calls into question the indivisibleness and inalienability of such “rights,” but is also clear evidence that “human rights” language is often used as a tool to justify political, social or ideological agendas rather then expression of universal values.

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