The human rights revolution since 1945 has established human dignity, liberty and equality as the basis of any democratic system. Simultaneously, the consolidation of multilevel systems of government on the global and regional levels has created parameters for national democracy and demands for international democracy. First formulated in the aftermath of the fall of the Iron Curtain, the “right to democracy” has had its ups and downs. In our time of democratic backsliding, the existence and content of rights to national and international democracy and their interdependence are examined with particular emphasis on the European Union.

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Introduction: Human Rights and Democracy in the Post-National Era of Limited Sovereignty and Human Dignity

  • Thomas Giegerich

摘要

The human rights revolution since 1945 has established human dignity, liberty and equality as the basis of any democratic system. Simultaneously, the consolidation of multilevel systems of government on the global and regional levels has created parameters for national democracy and demands for international democracy. First formulated in the aftermath of the fall of the Iron Curtain, the “right to democracy” has had its ups and downs. In our time of democratic backsliding, the existence and content of rights to national and international democracy and their interdependence are examined with particular emphasis on the European Union.