A  Critical Approach to the Contemporary Regime of the Human Rights: About some conceptual and case-based contradictions.

José Yépez Castro

doi:10.38180/rpdi.v68i158.724

Auteur/ices

José Yépez Castro

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.38180/rpdi.v68i158.724

Mots-clés :

Derechos Humanos, Religión, Eurocentrismo, Derecho Internacional, Política, Moral, Universalidad, Propiedad, Economía, Libre Determinación, Percepciones

Résumé

The article provides a general critic over some fundamental contradictions found in the human’s rights regime. For that purposes, in a first part it criticizes some conceptual aspects of the human right practice. In a second part, it presents the well-known European case of the “crucifix”, to demonstrate how religion could influence the basis of a international court decision in a human right issue. In the same fashion, in the next part, the case of the treatment of property in the European Human Right System is analyzed. Equally important is the critique developed in the fourth part of the article to the self-determination right application nowadays. The essential conclusion of the article is that, despite the fact of the foundational morality of the human right regime, it is still significantly influenced by politics.

Biographie de l'auteur

José Yépez Castro

Doctor of Law and Political Sciences the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos -UNMSM- (2015), Master of International Law, University of Helsinki (2016), Master of Diplomacy and International Relations with mention in International Treaties, Diplomatic Academy of Peru (2013), Master of Diplomacy and International Relations Diplomatic Academy of Peru (2008), Professional Title of Carrier Diplomat (2008), Law Bachelor the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú – PUCP- (2006). Professor of International Law in the UNMSM (2017) and Professor of International Politics in the UNMSM (2018).

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