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Human rights

"The movement towards the identification and proclamation of human rights is one of the most significant attempts to respond effectively to the inescapable demands of human dignity."  This is how the Pontifical Council for Justice introduces its section on human rights in the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church.  This section looks at some aspects of this question.
Sections
Towards a civilisation of love
The phrase "civilisation of love" was first used by Pope Paul VI in his address to the ....
Racial integration
In this section you will find some articles on racial integration. ....
Living with disability
In this section we reproduce a series of six articles in which people with disabilities ....
Women
This section deals with the difficulties women encounter in the recognition and ....
 
Articles
EU Charter of Fundamental Human Rights
The Charter is the result of work on human rights begun in 1950 by the European Convention on Human Rights and proclaimed as a charter in December 2007 for the Lisbon Treaty. It is organised into six titles: dignity, freedoms, equality, solidarity, citizens' rights and justice. Art 51 seems to ....
Easy targets
Fr Paul Andrews SJ highlights unconscious prejudice and how we can annihilate the more vulnerable people in society without ever being aware of what we are doing. ....
Challenging ageism
Tess Martin alerts us to the prejudice against older people because of their age. She says research shows we stereotype older people because we fear old age. It is a loss to society and she points out ways of challenging it and not getting hurt by it. ....
In whose best interest?
Fr Peter McVerry SJ makes the case for the kind of amendment to the Constitution that would adequately protect the best interests of the child. ....
Third Annual Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) Lecture
This is the text of the Third Annual Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) Lecture delivered at the National Gallery, Dublin, by President Mary McAleese on Tuesday, 25th November 2008. ....
Save the refugees in the Eastern Congo
Fr Shay Cullen SSC calls attention to the plight of refugees in Eastern Congo and what he thinks could be a replay of the Rwandan massacres. ....
 
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