00_Prima Parte_Acta 15:Prima Parte-Acta9 17/02/10 08:35 Pagina 1 CATHOLIC SOCIAL DOCTRINE AND HUMAN RIGHTS 00_Prima Parte_Acta 15:Prima Parte-Acta9 17/02/10 08:35 Pagina 2 Address The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences Casina Pio IV, 00120 Vatican City Tel.: +39 0669881441 – Fax: +39 0669885218 E-mail: [email protected] 00_Prima Parte_Acta 15:Prima Parte-Acta9 17/02/10 08:35 Pagina 3 THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Acta 15 CATHOLIC SOCIAL DOCTRINE AND HUMAN RIGHTS the PROCEEDINGS of the 15th Plenary Session 1-5 May 2009 • Casina Pio IV Edited by Roland Minnerath Ombretta Fumagalli Carulli Vittorio Possenti IA SCIEN M T E IA D R A V C M A S A O I C C I I A F I L T I V N M O P VATICAN CITY 2010 00_Prima Parte_Acta 15:Prima Parte-Acta9 17/02/10 08:35 Pagina 4 The opinions expressed with absolute freedom during the presentation of the papers of this plenary session, although published by the Academy, represent only the points of view of the participants and not those of the Academy. 978-88-86726-25-2 © Copyright 2010 All rights reserved. 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THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES VATICAN CITY 00_Prima Parte_Acta 15:Prima Parte-Acta9 17/02/10 08:35 Pagina 5 His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI 00_Prima Parte_Acta 15:Prima Parte-Acta9 17/02/10 08:35 Pagina 6 Participants in the conference hall of the Casina Pio IV 00_Prima Parte_Acta 15:Prima Parte-Acta9 17/02/10 08:35 Pagina 7 Participants of the 15th Plenary Session 00_Prima Parte_Acta15:PrimaParte-Acta917/02/1008:35Pagina8 His Holiness Benedict XVI with the Participants of the 15th Plenary Session 00_Prima Parte_Acta 15:Prima Parte-Acta9 17/02/10 08:35 Pagina 9 CONTENTS Address of the Holy Father to the Participants.......................................... 14 Address to the Holy Father (Mary Ann Glendon) ................................... 17 2009 President’s Report.................................................................................... 19 Introduction (R. Minnerath, O. Fumagalli Carulli, V. Possenti).............. 23 Programme..................................................................................................... 35 List of Participants................................................................................... 39 SCIENTIFIC PAPERS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND HUMAN RIGHTS La doctrine sociale de l’Eglise et les droits subjectifs de la personne Roland Minnerath.................................................................................. 49 Comment: Michel Schooyans .............................................................................. 60 The Influence of Catholic Social Doctrine on Human Rights Mary Ann Glendon ......................................................................................... 67 Die Menschenrechte in der Lehre der Katholischen Kirche Herbert Schambeck ..................................................................................... 83 RETHINKING HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE 21ST CENTURY Antropologia cristiana e diritti umani. Diritti e doveri Vittorio Possenti..................................................................................... 107 00_Prima Parte_Acta 15:Prima Parte-Acta9 17/02/10 08:35 Pagina 10 10 CONTENTS Comment: Christian Anthropology and the Effectiveness of Human Rights of an Economic Content José T. Raga........................................................................................ 128 Panel: I diritti umani come latenza di tutti gli altri diritti Pierpaolo Donati ................................................................................ 171 From the 1948 Universal Declaration to the Last Generation Rights. How do Human Rights of the First, Second and Third Generations Interrelate? Paul Kirchhof ..................................................................................... 188 The Right to Education Across Generations Juan José Llach .................................................................................. 193 Brief Notes on the Universal Declaration and the Generations of Human Rights Fausto Pocar....................................................................................... 210 The Indivisibility of Rights of the Human Person Wilfrido V. Villacorta ......................................................................... 216 HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE CHRISTIAN VISION OF MAN: LIFE AND FAMILY, FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE AND RELIGION, INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE What’s in a Name? The Right to Life and the Right to Form a Family: Human Rights in the Political Process Janne Haaland Matlary ......................................................................... 225 Comment: Pushing Back Against the Age Kevin Ryan ......................................................................................... 247 Libertad de conciencia y de religión como derechos humanos funda- mentales Olegario González de Cardedal .................................................................. 251 00_Prima Parte_Acta 15:Prima Parte-Acta9 17/02/10 08:35 Pagina 11 CONTENTS 11 Freedom of Conscience and Religion as Fundamental Human Rights. Their Importance for Interreligious Dialogue Ombretta Fumagalli Carulli ........................................................................ 278 Comment: Freedom of Conscience and Religion as Fundamental Human Rights. A Commentary Rocco Buttiglione............................................................................... 317 The Right to Food Olivier de Schutter................................................................................. 324 Comment: Joseph Stiglitz .................................................................................... 336 Human Rights and Globalization: The Responsibility of States and of Private Actors Joseph Stiglitz ........................................................................................ 341 Comment: Lubomír Mlcˇoch...................................................................................... 347 ASSURING AND IMPLEMENTING THE UNIVERSALITY, INDIVISIBILITY AND INTERDEPENDENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS The Universality, Indivisibility and Interdependence of Human Rights: The Case of China Hsin-chi Kuan ........................................................................................ 359 Attacking Poverty: What is the Value Added of a Human Rights Approach? Ravi Kanbur .................................................................................................... 388 Comment: Human Rights and Economic Development Partha Dasgupta................................................................................. 394 SURVEYING AND ENFORCING HUMAN RIGHTS Human Rights, Genocide and the International Criminal Court Krzysztof Skubiszewski ......................................................................... 407 00_Prima Parte_Acta 15:Prima Parte-Acta9 17/02/10 08:35 Pagina 12 12 CONTENTS Comment: Otto Triffterer ..................................................................................... 431 Panel: Humanitarian Intervention and the ‘Responsibility to Protect’: Rhetor- ical Exercises without Implementation? Janne Haaland Matlary ..................................................................... 484 Staatliche Souveränität und humanitäre Intervention Angelika Nußberger ........................................................................... 514 Commentaire sur la responsabilité de protéger Louis Sabourin................................................................................... 532 The Quest for Protection: The Role of International Organizations and NGOs in Surveying Human Rights Compliance Christian Strohal.................................................................................... 541 Il ruolo della politica nel garantire il rispetto dei diritti umani tra distensione e scontro. L’esperienza di uno statista europeo Giulio Andreotti ..................................................................................... 559 Panel: The Academy’s Alerts on the Weaknesses of Globalization and the Present Crisis Juan José Llach .................................................................................. 575 Oscar A. Rodríguez Maradiaga ......................................................... 586 Globalisation and the Present Crisis Hans Tietmeyer .................................................................................. 591 Globalisation and the Present Crisis (German version) Hans Tietmeyer .................................................................................. 597 Joseph Stiglitz .................................................................................... 603 Wilfrido V. Villacorta ......................................................................... 609 00_Prima Parte_Acta 15:Prima Parte-Acta9 17/02/10 08:35 Pagina 13 CONTENTS 13 Final Statement Ombretta Fumagalli Carulli, Roland Minnerath, Vittorio Possenti ....... 616 Final Statement (Italian version) Ombretta Fumagalli Carulli, Roland Minnerath, Vittorio Possenti ....... 623 00_Prima Parte_Acta 15:Prima Parte-Acta9 17/02/10 08:35 Pagina 14 ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE FIFTEENTH PLENARY SESSION OF THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES CONSISTORY HALL, MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009 Dear Brothers in the Episcopate and the Priesthood, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, As you gather for the fifteenth