Stephan P. Leher is Professor of Moral Theology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.

'Stephan P. Leher explains the concept of Human Rights, key to contemporary Political Theory, in a complex and systematic way. The book includes the most recent approaches and is of the utmost interest for different academic disciplines – like Philosophy and Political Science, Legal Studies and Theology.' - Anton Pelinka, Central European University, Budapest

• Introduction1. The End of History or the Beginning of a Human Rights History?2. Two Surprising Facts: There Are a First Case and a First International Court to Hold Defendants Responsible for Their Crimes According to the Rule of Human Rights Law3. The Individual Woman, Man and Queer Is the Subject of International Human Rights Law4. There Is a Plurality of Understandings and Realizations of the Concept "Human Dignity"5. Dignity, Human Rights and Language Philosophy6. The West's Adherence to Privileges, Cultural Contexts and Arguments on State Sovereignty Challenge Universal Human Rights7. Democracy Is about Self-Determination of Women, Men and Queer within Their Communities8. Choice and Ability to Claim One’s Dignity as Policies of the Individual9. A Question to be Answered by Empirical Social Research: Are Women and Men Conscious of Their Dignity in Relation to the Quality of Their Social Choices and Social Realizations?10. Language Philosophy, Interview Sentences, Dignity and Human Rights11. Conclusion

Stephan P. Leher is Professor of Moral Theology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.

'Stephan P. Leher explains the concept of Human Rights, key to contemporary Political Theory, in a complex and systematic way. The book includes the most recent approaches and is of the utmost interest for different academic disciplines – like Philosophy and Political Science, Legal Studies and Theology.' - Anton Pelinka, Central European University, Budapest

• Introduction1. The End of History or the Beginning of a Human Rights History?2. Two Surprising Facts: There Are a First Case and a First International Court to Hold Defendants Responsible for Their Crimes According to the Rule of Human Rights Law3. The Individual Woman, Man and Queer Is the Subject of International Human Rights Law4. There Is a Plurality of Understandings and Realizations of the Concept "Human Dignity"5. Dignity, Human Rights and Language Philosophy6. The West's Adherence to Privileges, Cultural Contexts and Arguments on State Sovereignty Challenge Universal Human Rights7. Democracy Is about Self-Determination of Women, Men and Queer within Their Communities8. Choice and Ability to Claim One’s Dignity as Policies of the Individual9. A Question to be Answered by Empirical Social Research: Are Women and Men Conscious of Their Dignity in Relation to the Quality of Their Social Choices and Social Realizations?10. Language Philosophy, Interview Sentences, Dignity and Human Rights11. Conclusion