HUMAN RIGHTS AND PATERNALISM IN THE CONSTITUTION

Human Rights and the Second Century of the Australian Constitution

In many countries with a written constitution, constitutional development in the second half of the 20th century was dominated by concepts of human rights. For example, Canada and South Africa gained Bills of Rights* 1 while the United States saw an existing Bill of Rights expanded through judicial interpretation. In other nations, international norms and the proliferation of treaties and conve...

The right of citizens in social Justice in the International Documents of Human Rights and the Constitution law of the Islamic Republic of Iran

The rights of citizens to provide Social justice, due to emphasis on the basic needs of human beings, known as one of the most fundamental principles in international documents of human rights and civil rights. It's indicators include the right to a fair life, right to health, right to education, right to social security, and right to work and employment, which in human rights documents, partic...

The Bill of Rights as a Constitution

Paternalism and Euthanasia: The Case of Diane Pretty before the European Court of Human Rights

The aim of this article is to examine the moral justifiability of paternalism in the case of active voluntary euthanasia (assisted suicide) as represented in the Pretty v UK decision of the European Court of Human Rights. There are three approaches towards the justification of paternalism, corresponding to the three main trends of normative ethics. Deontological theories place personal autonomy...

"Human Rights"؛ "Citizen Rights"؛ "Human Rights Declaration"؛ " Middle Eastern States"

حقوق بشر و حقوق شهروندی از حقوق ذاتی و طبیعی انسان نشأت گرفته و در طول تاریخ بین اندیشمندان مناطق مختلف جهان و همچنین در مکاتب الهی توجه خاصی به آنها شده است. اما متاسفانه تا پایان جنگ جهانی دوم حقوق بشر بصورت گسترده اقبالی کسب ننمود. اگر چه با اعلامیه جهانی حقوق بشر سال 1948 و دیگر کنوانسیون های مربوطه، حقوق بشر شکل جهان شمولی بخود گرفته ولی هنوز بسیاری از دولتهای خاورمیانه حاضر به پذیرش تمامی...