The Journal of Human Rights

Universality is considered as one of the most important characteristics of human rights principles. The crucial problem is how the universal principles of human rights could be applied ... Read More

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Logical Relation of Human Rights and Religion

Mohammad Hossein Talebi

Volume 08, Issue 1 , April 2013, Pages 23-40

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Before establishing any kind of rights for human being, the man should be first known. The best approach to know human being is to utilize the knowledge and teachings that God has given ... Read More

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Natural Rights and Human Rights

Nasser Qorban Nia

Volume 08, Issue 1 , April 2013, Pages 41-58

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Any human rights bereft of philosophical and anthropological foundations are susceptible to weakness and vulnerability. The question as to how from a logical point of view we arrive ... Read More

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Theory of Relativity in Civil Rights and Natural Rights of Man

Mohammad Javad Javid

Volume 08, Issue 1 , April 2013, Pages 59-84

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Anthropology of the natural rights of man and its psychology can be compatible since the rights of man can be divided into two fixed and variable rights both of which play a shared ... Read More

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A Study of Mutual Effects of Human Rights and Peace

Farhad Talaie; Farzaneh Poursaeed

Volume 08, Issue 1 , April 2013, Pages 85-122

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This paper studies how human rights and peace affect each other. The historical experiences of human societies have indicated that peace and human rights have had close connections ... Read More This paper studies how human rights and peace affect each other. The historical experiences of human societies have indicated that peace and human rights have had close connections to each other. These experiences have developed in the modern times so that nations and states are in the view that human rights and peace are complementary. Accordingly, achieving real and sustainable peace is impossible without respecting human rights and it cannot expect that human rights are fully respected if there is no peace. This interrelation has developed nowadays in a way that today the right to peace has become one of the examples of the third generation of human rights and a fundamental human right. This means that it is not possible to realise other human rights without realising such a right. In other words, the right to peace constitutes the basis of other human rights. This is because the first generation of human rights (that is civil and political rights) and the second generation of human rights (that is economic, social and cultural rights) and even the third generation of human rights (such as the right to development and the right to a healthy environment) cannot be realised if the right to peace is not respected. It is in this context that this paper examines such documents as the Charter of the United Nations (UN), The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UN Covenants on Human Rights, related resolutions of the UN general Assembly (in particular Declaration on the Rights ofPeople to Peace – Resolution 39/11, 12 November 1984, and Resolution on Promotion of Peace as a Vital Requirement for the Full Enjoyment of All Human Rights by All –Resolution 62/163, 18 December 2007) and resolutions of the UN Human Rights Commission and of the UN Human Rights Council in order to demonstrate how human rights and peace have been considered as dependent on each other so that the existence of one depends on the existence of the other. Finally, this paper concludes that full respect of human rights is not possible without peace and it is impossible to achieve sustainable and real peace in the world without fully respecting human rights. Accordingly, nations and states should make their best efforts to strengthen peace in the world through respecting human rights and to pave the way for realisation of human rights in the world by maintaining international peace and security. It is certain that human rights can be respected more effectively when states are in peace with each other. It is in such universal society that the interests of all nations are guaranteed and safeguarded.

Research Article

Identities, Differences and Universality of Human Rights Based on Iranian Religious and Ethnic Identities

Babak Naderpour; Mojtaba Maghsoudi

Volume 08, Issue 1 , April 2013, Pages 123-162

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The concept of “Human rights” is the main signifier of the discourse of international community. Despite its growing use, widespread resonance and hegemony, there are different ... Read More

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The Conservative Approach Toward Islamic Human Rights

Seyed Ali Mirmousavi

Volume 08, Issue 1 , April 2013, Pages 163-177

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Since the ratification of UDHR, Many steps have been passed, to universalize it, and religions and schools have been necessitated to take their position about it. Islamic trends ... Read More

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Communal Dimension of the Right to Freedom of Religion

Mohammad Habibi Modjandeh

Volume 08, Issue 1 , April 2013, Pages 1-12

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Right to freedom of religion is one of the fundamental human rights recognized in all general international human rights instruments. The basic standard which, with minor differences, ... Read More Right to freedom of religion is one of the fundamental human rights recognized in all general international human rights instruments. The basic standard which, with minor differences, is followed by subsequent instruments is embodied in Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Article speaks of the right as the right of everyone “to freedom of thought, conscience and religion”. It further states that “this right includes … freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance” (emphasis added). Thus, the right is a complex right. This complexity arises not only from the fact that the right encompaces two internal and external elements (maintaining, adopting or changing a religion and manifesting it) but from the statement that it comprises both individual and communal or collective dimensions. The communal aspect of the right relates to freedom to manifest one’s religion or belief. While the content of the right to freedom of religion is far from being settled, the communal dimension of the right seems to be the most controvercial. The law, doctrine and practice of international human rights do not shed much light on the content and extent of this dimension of the right. There are serious questions here. Does the communal aspect of the right give an entitlement to a community of a religion’s believers to establish a political authority to enact, execute and implement the teachings of their religion? Does this communal dimension validates a legal system based on the rules of a particular religion? Put it another way, does the right to freedom of religion support the claim of a community to establish a religious state in order to give effect to or manifest the tenets of their religion? The answer to this set of questions is not clear. When the issue is put in a broader context it does relate to the question of the (in)compatibility of a religious state with human rights. This article is an attempt to put forward some reflections and remarks on the above series of questions. The author’s argument is that the communal dimension of the right to manifest one’s religion warrants the claim of the majority of a population to establish a religious legal system based on the teachings of their religion provided that the system does not come into conflict with other internationally recognized human rights.

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Human Rights, Feminism and the Muslim Woman’s Identity

Ali H Al-Hakim

Volume 08, Issue 1 , April 2013, Pages 13-36

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Identity and Human Rights in the Muslim World: Negotiating Norms in the Age of Globalization

Mahmood Monshipouri

Volume 08, Issue 1 , April 2013, Pages 37-59

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Two Conceptions of Universality of Human Rights: A Hermeneutical Approach

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Logical Relation of Human Rights and Religion

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Natural Rights and Human Rights

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Theory of Relativity in Civil Rights and Natural Rights of Man

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A Study of Mutual Effects of Human Rights and Peace

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Identities, Differences and Universality of Human Rights Based on Iranian Religious and Ethnic Identities

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The Conservative Approach Toward Islamic Human Rights

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Communal Dimension of the Right to Freedom of Religion

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Human Rights, Feminism and the Muslim Woman’s Identity

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Identity and Human Rights in the Muslim World: Negotiating Norms in the Age of Globalization

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