Christian Personalism as a Source of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Abstract

To mark the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the author embarked on an attempt to analyze the theoretical and historical framework that contributed to the adoption of the document. The first part of the article discusses the development of the philosophy of personalism from Mounier to Maritain and analyzes Maritain’s views on human rights. In the second part of the article, the author shows the decisive influence of the personalists Charles Malik and Rene Cassin on the adoption of the document, which clearly bears the mark of the Christian personalistic discourse and notions.

Povodom 70. godišnjice usvajanja Univerzalne deklaracije o ljudskim pravima, autor je po-kušao da analizira teorijski i istorijski okvir koji je doprineo usvajanju dokumenta. Prvi deo članka razmatra razvoj filozofije personalizma od Munijea do Maritena i analizira Maritenove poglede na ljudska prava. U drugom delu članka autor pokazuje odlučujući uticaj ličnosti Čarlsa Malika i Rene Kasana na usvajanje dokumenta, koji jasno nosi oznaku diskursa i poj-mova hrišćanskog personalizma.