The Passion, Death and Resurrection of Human Rights

Human Rights find themselves in a moment of passion and death, trampled on in many parts of the world, and questioned as much by certain political positions of a xenophobic and authoritarian character as by some sectors that consider them to be an instrument of colonization and cultural homogenization. It is for this reason that they should be put back in their position of value, perhaps beginning with a redefinition in depth. The author of this Booklet traces out the lines that this redefinition should follow and to which he gives the title “resurrection”. He “resurrects” human rights so that they can give a response to the needs of the present moment and help in recognizing all of those persons who were kept excluded by the first formulation.