No. 3/10 – The Age of "New Rights"

Title: The Age of "New Rights"

Abstract:The end of the cold war started a new era of human rights. It is an ambivalent one. Whereas many countries are still struggling for the very basic rights, in western countries rights are thriving: new rights, new agencies of rights, new rights holders, new charters and conventions of rights and at the same time new worries and criticism about rights.

The purpose of this paper is to sketch the main characteristics of the age of “new rights” moving from some examples taken from the contemporary western practice. While discussing some practical cases the paper examines questions like: “Who is the subject of new rights?” “Which are his/her most important traits?” “What is the link between the multiplication of rights and the ideal of justice?”

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