The impact of human rights policy development on European identity Cover Image

Утицај развоја политике заштите људских права на европски идентитет
The impact of human rights policy development on European identity

Author(s): Jelena Matijašević, Nenad Bingulac
Subject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Институт за међународну политику и привреду
Keywords: human rights;European identity;human rights protection;European Human Rights System

Summary/Abstract: Classification of people who consider themselves as having a common origin which is represented through culture, history and religion can be perceived through a common identity. Bearing in mind that national identities are several centuries old it is an interesting fact that may be we are contemporaries of the beginning of the “European identity“. Apart from the national and European identity, there are a number of other ones which can be perceived through primary and secondary identities. The development and protection of human rights, which are indivisible and inter-dependent, have exerted a considerable impact on the development of the European identity. Human rights protection is a framework for a large number of activities which have been taken over at the European level. It is because, as we have already said, they are an integral part of the European identity.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 49-50
  • Page Range: 465-480
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Serbian