Relevance of Human Rights to Community Life Today

Guillermo Bettocchi

Workshop description:

The "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" just turned 60 years of age. It reflected the paradigm of mankind at the time, post WW II, of the minimum personal liberties we, as individual human beings, should have protected. Are these rights still relevant in today’s world? Have changes occurred in the last 60 years given rise to “new rights”? What are the best mechanisms to protect our rights in today’s world? How does the violation of human rights of others affect us?

These and other thought-provoking questions will be openly and thoroughly debated and the ensuing, guided discussions should reflect today’s views on a topic that touches us all and that is fundamental for peaceful coexistence.

We will jointly analyse the legal and philosophical foundation of all life in community: respect me as an individual!

Guillermo Bettocchi

Contributor's biography:

A lawyer by profession, Mr. Bettocchi has post graduate studies in Criminology (USA) and in Human Rights (Spain) and was a law professor and practitioner for 10 years in his home country, Peru, before joining the UN.

Mr. Bettocchi has been working with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for 20 years, having served among other countries in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Pakistan, Iraq, Liberia, Chad, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo. He is currently the UNHCR Representative for Somalia.

 

 

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