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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in 1948 by the United Nations was a result of a historical quest by humanity to find a universal ethical code by which humans could live together. Since Socrates concerned himself with the question: “ How should one live? ” (Williams, 2011), humanity, by means of religious and humanist traditions and texts, has explored and questioned the structuring of spaces of human togetherness (Ishay, 2004).
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Becker, A. (2012). Identity Premised on Equality of Difference as a Fundamental Human Right. In: Roux, C. (eds) Safe Spaces. Critical Issues in the Future of Learning and Teaching, vol 5. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-936-7_6
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