Human Rights

"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights”: This sentence of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 sounds so self-evident but this is still not a reality for countless people today. Angelika Nußberger describes the history of human rights, their philosophical foundations and the current debates: Is there a human right to peace and environmental protection? How universally do rights apply? And to what extent may human rights courts determine the legislation of individual states? One thing is certain: in an interconnected world, the importance of human rights will continue to grow.