Karel Vasak

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Karel Vasak

French jurist

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The content of human rights: three generations of rights
…advanced by the French jurist Karel Vasak. Inspired by the three themes of the French Revolution, they are: the first generation, composed of civil and political rights (liberté); the second generation of economic, social, and cultural rights (égalité); and the third generation of solidarity or group rights (fraternité). Vasak’s model…
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…advanced by the French jurist Karel Vasak. Inspired by the three themes of the French Revolution, they are: the first generation, composed of civil and political rights (liberté); the second generation of economic, social, and cultural rights (égalité); and the third generation of solidarity or group rights (fraternité). Vasak’s model…
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