From Human Dignity and Human Rights to Sustainability within the context of Democracy

  • The goal of this contribution is to provide an overview of the conceptual connections between the constructs of human rights, sustainability, and democracy, emphasizing the historically significant role of human dignity. This overview serves as an overarching introduction to the students’ articles in Chapter One, which explore selected relationships between these concepts. One main assumption of this overview is that the concept of human dignity is central to the institution of human rights, and human rights are instrumental in ensuring human dignity. Another key assumption relates to democracy, which is viewed as the framework for shaping human dignity, human rights, and sustainability. This article first focuses on the relationship between sustainability and democracy. It then analyzes the links between human dignity and human rights, followed by a discussion on the connections between human dignity and sustainability, and between human rights and sustainability. Finally, it concludes with an examination of the triangle formed by human dignity, human rights, and sustainability within the context of democracy, emphasizing the crucial roles of human agency and the rights of nature. Clarifying these links is essential for future empirical research to develop specific practical recommendations for sustainability transformation, including human rights, within a democratic context.

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Author:Milena Valeva
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:tr5-10277
ISSN:2940-1992
Parent Title (English):Journal of International and Digital Communication: Sustainability Perspectives
Publisher:Umwelt-Campus Birkenfeld (Hochschule Trier), Institut für Internationale & Digitale Kommunikation
Document Type:Article (specialist journals)
Language:English
Date of OPUS upload:2024/09/23
Date of first Publication:2024/09/13
Publishing University:Hochschule Trier
Release Date:2024/09/23
Tag:democracy; human agency; human dignity; human rights; rights of nature; sustainability; sustainability transformation
GND Keyword:Umweltpolitik; Nachhaltigkeit; Menschenrecht; Menschenwürde; Demokratie; Natur; Umwelt; Recht
Volume:2
Issue:1 (Special Issue)
First Page:12
Last Page:17
Departments:FB Umweltwirtschaft/-recht (UCB)
Institute / InDi - Institut für Internationale und Digitale Kommunikation
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 32 Politikwissenschaft
3 Sozialwissenschaften / 34 Recht
Journals:Zeitschrift für internationale und digitale Kommunikation: Nachhaltigkeitsperspektiven - Journal of International and Digital Communication: Sustainability Perspectives (JIDC) / JIDC, Vol. 2 (2024) / JIDC, Vol. 2, Issue 1 (2024)
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY-NC - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell 4.0 International