Reflections on the Universality of Human Rights

Arnold, Rainer

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Rainer Arnold²

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It is difficult to define universality. It is a complex concept which incorporates geographic, cultural, historical and political dimensions (Solomon Islands, Chap. 6). As yet there is no generally accepted notion of universality of human rights.

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1.
See Poland, Chap. 20.
2.
See also Brazil, Chap. 5 (“universalism of confluence”).
3.
See USA, Chap. 2.
4.
See Germany, Chap. 15.
5.
See Hungary, Chap. 22; Japan, Chap. 7.
6.
ECJ, Case 11/70, Rep.1970, 1125.
7.
Netherlands, Chap. 14.
8.
See Netherlands, Chap. 14; Great Britain, Chap. 11; Portugal, Chap. 18; Ukraine, Chap. 24; Slovakia, Chap. 19; Solomon Islands, Chap. 6.
9.
See Taiwan, Chap. 9.
10.
See also Netherlands, Chap. 14; Taiwan, Chap. 9; Russia, Chap. 10.
11.
See USA, Chap. 2.
12.
See Arnold (2006, 41–45).
13.
See Slovakia, Chap. 19; Portugal, Chap. 18.
14.
See Great Britain, Chap. 11.
15.
See Italy, Chap. 16.
16.
See Poland, Chap. 20.
17.
See also Portugal, Chap. 18; Slovakia, Chap. 19.
18.
Netherlands, Chap. 14.
19.
Ibid.
20.
Poland, Chap. 20 (‘general incorporation’).
21.
R v Secretary of State for Transport (ex parte Factortame) [1990] 2/AC 85, [1991] 1/AC 603.
22.
FFC vol. 37, 271.
23.
FFC vol. 73, 339.
24.
FFC judgment of June 30, 2009 see: http://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/entscheidungen/es20090630_2bve000208en.html (English translation).
25.
FCC vol. 101, 361.
26.
FCC vol. 111, 307; see Germany, Chap. 15.
27.
See also Hungary, Chap. 22.
28.
No. 45036/98 (complaint), Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (NJW) 2006, 197.
29.
See also Ukraine, Chap. 24.
30.
See USA, Chap. 2.
31.
See also Hungary, Chap. 22.
32.
See Ukraine, Chap. 24; Portugal, Chap. 18.
33.
Great Britain, Chap. 11(“equal moral worth”); Portugal, Chap. 18; Ukraine, Chap. 24; Slovakia, Chap. 19.
34.
See USA, Chap. 2.
35.
See also Russia. Chap. 10.
36.
Germany, Chap. 15.
37.
See also Slovakia, Chap. 19; Great Britain, Chap. 11.

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Arnold, R. (2013). Reflections on the Universality of Human Rights. In: Arnold, R. (eds) The Universalism of Human Rights. Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4510-0_1

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