New Dimensions of Human Rights Discourse

Although there are different theories of human rights, it is possible to point out a series of features present in each and every one of them and that serve to speak of a standard theory of rights. In this paper I describe two different types of challenges that arise to this standard theory of rights. One of them moves into the interior of the theory and questions some of its features. At this point I will refer to the issues of the guarantor, of the freedom-security tension and of universality. The other great challenge questions the validity of human rights as a guide for the treatment of certain problems. At this point I will refer to the movements of people and new technologies. Both challenges, which are a sign of the historical character of human rights, force the discourse of rights to react and try to resolve them, even modifying some of the references that have characterized it