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'Am 12. Juni wurde der Humam Development Report 1997 in Bonn der Weltöffentlichkeit vorgestellt. Der Human Development Report wird vom United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) zusammengestellt und seit 1990 jährlich veröffentlicht. Kern des Human Development Reports ist der Human Development Index (HDI), der als zusammenfassende Maßzahl für das erreichte Entwicklungsniveau einer Gesellschaft für 175 Nationen berechnet wird und die Basis für eine entsprechende Rangordnung dieser Länder darstellt. Der HDI kombiniert Informationen zu drei verschiedenen Dimensionen von Human Development und aggregiert sie in einer einzigen Maßzahl: (1) Lebenstandard - gemessen am Bruttoinlandsprodukt pro Kopf, das jedoch diskontiert wird, um dem abnehmenden Grenznutzen materiellen Wohlstands Rechnung zu tragen; (2) Länge des Lebens - gemessen an der mittleren Lebenserwartung; (3) Bildungsnivau - gemessen an Alphabetisierung und Bildungsbeteiligung.' (Autorenreferat)

The quest for human security is a defining issue of our times. The international human rights norms define the content of human security. In the contemporary world, it is of the utmost importance to understand the linkages between human rights and human security. The relationship between freedom and security is also a central issue of our times. This is the first book ever to trace the links between human rights and human security. It provides answers to a key question: How does the protection of human rights in the contemporary world contribute to human security and how can one strengthen protection in the future?

The success or failure of processes of democratization cannot be detached from processes of development related to the aspirations of people at the grassroots. Human rights, in a more theoretical terminology, require human development in order to enhance human security.

This article explores the meanings of human nature & human rights, noting that they have become confused & obtuse. People have come to think that what they are used to is natural & what they do not like is unnatural. They have forgotten that nature is neutral & that human rights today are aspirations, rather than needs. In its evolution, human rights have come to a stage where the collectivity has acquired human rights over the individual's rights. One of the major paradoxes surrounding the human rights issue is its centrality to foreign policy as part of a strategy to protect US national interest. E. Larsen

The notion of human dignity plays a central role in human rights discourse. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognition of the inherent dignity and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world. The international Covenants on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and on Civil and Political Rights state that all human rights derive from inherent dignity of the human person. Some modern constitutions include human dignity as a fundamental non-derogable right; others mention it as a right to be protected alongside other rights. It is not only lawyers concerned with human rights who have to contend with the concept of human dignity. The concept has been discussed by, inter alia, theologians, philosophers, and anthropologists. In this book leading scholars in constitutional and international law, human rights, theology, philosophy, history and classics, from various countries, discuss the concept of human dignity from differing perspectives. These perspectives help to elucidate the meaning of the concept in human rights discourse