M.A.S. in Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (henceforth UDHR) is both a point of arrival and a point of departure regarding our contemporary understanding of human rights. As a point of arrival, the UDHR is the result of an attempt to collate the “wisdom of the ages,” in order to find the best way to ensure the protection of the rights of all—especially after the atrocities committed during the two world wars.

Often legislation is based on the consensus of the majority feeling of a group of people rather than on solid philosophical and theological arguments. This frequently leads to superficial legislation with short term benefits for a group of people, but long-term misery for all. The author of this book provides us with a foundation upon which healthy legislation can be built.

Human dignity based on the concepts of the image of God and Christ’s redemption becomes the basis for human rights debate from a Christian theological perspective. It is in the community of the human family that a human person realizes his/her being the imago Dei.

SEM48 - Human Rights, Philosophy and Religious Studies

4th October - 29th November 2021 

presented by Isaac Mutelo

E-seminar in Philosophy and Social Sciences
by Jaco Kruger
From 11th April to 6th June 2022

E-seminar in Philosophy and Law

by Isaac Mutelo

From 3rd October to 28th November 2022

E-seminar in Social Sciences
by Lorenzo Gallo
From 2nd october to 27th november 2023

E-seminar in Human Rights

Isaac Mutelo

From 14 April to 8 June 2025

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This e-seminar in Philosophy will take place from 6th October to 30th November 2025.

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Explore the challenges and future of democracy, including human rights, inequality, authoritarianism, and civic engagement through case studies and critical analysis.

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This seminar will take place from March 1 to April 25, 2027.

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This Seminar will take place from October 4 to November 28, 2027.