Editorial [Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights : volume 12 (Double Issue)]

Abstract

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is sixty years old. But many rights are still denied. The celebration of sixty years existence of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has occurred in an atmosphere that is less joyous, certainly more worrisome, than that at the time of similar celebrations in earlier years. Because on the one hand, there is a crisis that is suffocating Western economies and their relatively high-quality of life which earlier seemed assured- thanks also to rights guaranteed by social welfare - and on the other, there are growing international disorders stemming from crises that are destabilizing many areas of the planet.