This thesis focuses on the collective dimension of human rights. The focus of the interpretation is the analysis of the case law of the European Commission of Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights. The work focuses on three rights protected by the European Convention on Human Rights. These rights are freedom of thought, conscience and religion, adjusted in Art. 9 of the ECHR, and the freedom of assembly and association, enshrined in Art. 11. The first part briefly describes the evolution of the concept of human rights. More is devoted to two different sources, which had a great influence on rather individualistic conception of human rights. This is the Reformation and the Enlightenment. It also describes the documents, in which the human rights were firstly enshrined. These are the American Declaration of Independence, the Virginia Declaration of Rights, the Charter of Rights and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. In addition, it focuses on the adoption of the first international documents containing provisions on human rights, and on whether in these conventions or declarations the collective rights are enshrined. The conclusion of the first chapter presents the definitions of collective rights and also counter- arguments which are heard against this...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:337651 |
| Date | January 2014 |
| Creators | Halušková, Gabriela |
| Contributors | Scheu, Harald Christian, Honusková, Věra |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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