Human rights violations…
- At 27 March, 2018
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HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY NON-STATE ACTORS: A COMPLETE ACCOUNT OF RIGHTS
[La violación de derechos humanos por sujetos no estatales: una visión completa de los derechos]
Vladimir Chorny Elizalde
Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina
CONACyT, México
Instituto A. Gioja – Av. Figueroa Alcorta 2263, CP 1425 – CABA – Argentina
vladimirchornyuba@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
In this work I criticize the traditional version of the concept of “human rights”. This view relies on the State-centric thesis which sustains that what makes this concept special is that (i) only states are bound by human rights obligations, and (ii) that only states can violate them (either acting directly or indirectly by failing on its duties to protect and guarantee them). I defend an alternative account based on the interest theory of rights put forward by Raz, together with the successive waves of duties theory of Jeremy Waldron (normatively). Grounded on these views I develop a critical reading of the present situation –socially, politically and economically– in order to propose a complete theory of human rights which claims that (i) there are other non-state actors who have obligations of human rights properly, and (ii) that they can effectively violate human rights (and do violate them in practice).
Keywords: globalization, human rights, interest-based theories of rights, State obligations, violations of human rights.
