Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Humberto Cantú Rivera is Professor at the Faculty of Law and Director of the Human Rights and Business Institute of the University of Monterrey (UDEM, Mexico). He has authored, edited or co-edited nine books in Spanish and English, including The Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council (Intersentia, 2015), Derechos humanos y empresas: Reflexiones desde América Latina (IIDH, 2017), and Private International Law Aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility (with Catherine Kessedjian; Springer, 2020).

"The book contains thirty chapters, reflecting the rights in the Universal Declaration, written by a broad-based and learned cast of authors. [...]The book is helpful inasmuch as the chapters recapitulate the drafting history of the thirty articles, their application in international, regional, and sometimes national jurisdictions, and also consider contemporary issues they are called upon to cover. [...]The book is a useful addition to the literature of international human rights law."Bertrand Ramcharan

• ForewordVölker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human RightsAcknowledgmentsNotes on ContributorsThe 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human RightsHumberto Cantú Rivera1  Dignity and EqualityFrancisco J. Rivera Juaristi2 Non-discriminationAderomola Adeola3 The Right to Life, Liberty and SecurityDanielle Anne Pamplona4 The Prohibition of SlaveryDaria Davitti5 The Prohibition of TortureEtienne Henry6 Recognition before the LawAlonso E. Illueca7 Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the LawDorothy Estrada-Tanck8 The Right to an Effective RemedyHumberto Cantú Rivera9 The Prohibition of Arbitrary DetentionJosé Antonio Guevara Bermúdez10 The Right to a Fair TrialDinah Shelton11 The Principle of LegalityAndrew Novak12 The Rights to Privacy and Family LifeAudrey Lebret13 Freedom of Movement and the Right of ResidenceKarlos A. Castilla Juárez14 The Right to AsylumJavier Tous15 The Right to a NationalityLeonardo S. C. Castilho16 The Right to Marry and to Found a FamilyAna Cláudia Ruy Cardia Atchabahian17 The Right to PropertyCarolina Olarte-Bácares18 Freedom of Thought, Conscience and ReligionPablo Contreras and Belén Saavedra19 Freedom of Opinion and ExpressionDavid Kaye and Azin Tadjdini20 The Right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and AssociationAlejandra Ancheita and Michael Rolla Negrete Cárdenas21 Political RightsAnna Glazewski22 The Right to Social SecurityMagdalena Sepúlveda Carmona23 The Right to WorkLarry Catá Backer24 The Right to Just and Favourable Conditions of WorkNicolas Bueno25 The Right to an Adequate Standard of Living The Right to HousingJessie Hohmann25.1 The Right to an Adequate Standard of Living The Right to FoodAna María Suárez Franco25.2 The Right to Social SecurityVirginia Bras Gomes26 The Right to EducationDaniel Iglesias Márquez27 Cultural RightsDaniel Cerqueira28 The Right to a Social and International OrderEmmanuel Decaux29.1 Duties to the CommunityLaurent Trigeaud29.2 Limitations in the Exercise of RightsAlfredo Crosato Neumann30 The Non-abuse ClauseNicolás Carrillo-SantarelliIndex