The Human Rights in the Canon Law Code

Authors

  • José María Díaz Moreno, S.J. Universidad Pontificia Comillas

Keywords:

Human Rights, Second Vatican Council, Fundamental Law of the Church, Rights of the baptized, Human and canonical Status.

Abstract

After some short indications about the attitude of the Catholic Church before the various declarations of the Human Rights, the doctrine, before andafter the Second Vatican Council, on the same, the first attempt to set up the norms of the rights of the baptized and its promulgation in the current Canon Law Code, a comparison is made between some of Human Rights established in the Universal Declaration of 1948 and certain canons related to the same.

Published

2013-02-21