The Universal of Human Rights: Precondition for a Dialogue of Cultures REFERENCE TEXTS XVth Conference of the Académie de la Latinité The Universal of Human Rights: Precondition for a Dialogue of Cultures Amman, Jordan, April 14th–17th, 2007 Académie de la Latinité Rio de Janeiro, 2007 © Académie de la Latinité, 2007 Published by Educam – Editora Universitária Candido Mendes Praça XV de Novembro, 101, Sala 27 20010-010 – Centro – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil Phone: (21) 2531-2310 – Email:
[email protected] Editorial Coordination Hamilton Magalhães Neto Translation and Revision Services Anne Marie Davée, EL Translators Bureau, and Martha Moreira Lima Proofreading Anne Marie Davée and Luiz Carlos Palhares Cover Paulo Verardo Cover Illustration The Monastery (Al-Deir), Petra, Jordan Desktop Publishing Vitor Alcântara TABLE OF CONTENTS Le Préalable au dialogue des civilisations: L’universel des droits de l’homme Candido Mendes .......................................................................9 Introductory Conference Droits de l’homme: le dernier universel Alain Touraine .........................................................................35 1 Human Rights and the Cultural Context Human Rights and Contemporaneity of Islam: a Matter of Dialogue? Aziz Al-Azmeh ..........................................................................65 The Dilemma of Islamic Rights Schemes Ebrahim Moosa .......................................................................82 Du Nomadisme de quelques concepts François L’Yvonnet ...............................................................135