Dec 8, 2023
Jacques Maritain, Charles Malik, and other Christian thinkers were instrumental in creating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Rethinking Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was ratified 75 years ago on December 10, 1948. How the world understands universal human rights has changed significantly in that time. In this symposium, several Law & Liberty contributors consider the nature of universal human rights, what is necessary to uphold them, and what current trends portend.
Dec 8, 2023
The concept of rights is not a modern innovation springing from an ideology of radical individualism and opposed to the common good.
Dec 8, 2023
Human rights are headed for extinction if they are not recognized as natural law.
Dec 8, 2023
With respect to new rights, a prior question still applies: whether they should be recognized as rights.