19 Time for Hope, or Time for Despair?

As indicated by its name, human rights protection is a process which cannot be finalized once and for all at some point in time. In the human world, paradise will never make a glorious entry, defeating all the evils that besiege the peoples of this globe. It is a basic fact that human beings live under permanent threats from their environment, which makes human rights necessary. To believe that total harmony may emerge some day would disregard human nature: different minds pursue different goals, and in many parts of the world life means little more than to ensure...