Human Rights in societies not only democratic

Human rights and the system for their protection have been in place in Europe for many decades, from the creation of the Council of Europe and the adoption of the Convention for the Protection of Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in 1950 to the present day, although the system has undoubtedly evolved as new states have joined it, international institutions have been created and even the European Union has become involved and committed to the promotion and protection of human rights.

Despite these guarantees and protections, human rights are among the most frequently violated rights, both in non-democratic and democratic states, in developing countries and in states considered highly developed and role models for others. Human rights, ranked in so-called generations, cover all aspects of human life and state and economic activity.

Europe and the world are in a so-called transitional era, with some talking about the end of capitalism, others about the need to create a unipolar or multipolar world, the shaping of a socially and ecologically responsible economic model, and so on. We are not sure what we will be able to build, but we are convinced that we cannot allow human rights to be disrespected, for only they provide an opportunity to maintain state stability and protect against undesirable actions by both institutions and other individuals. Moreover, it is human rights that shape the individual and allow him or her to develop properly.

We want the conference to have an interdisciplinary character. During it, we would like to address the most relevant problems, both axiological and normative in nature. Our main objective is to find solutions to enable, to a greater extent than before, the realisation of rights, in particular from the so-called second and third generations. We want to discuss threats to the functioning of human rights systems, proposals for new human rights and instruments enabling their better protection and realisation (in particular in the field of economics and the environment), as well as the status and perspectives for the further development of human rights systems in Europe.