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INTRODUCTION 

 
It is a great pleasure to present the first issue of the The Age of Human Rights 

Journal, and to do so just on the International Day of Human Rights. 
 

This new journal is aimed at the dissemination of all types of studies, essays and 
comments concerning Human Rights from different approaches and fields of 
knowledge, such as Jurisprudence, Philosophy of Law, Constitutional Law, Political 
Philosophy and other legal or philosophical disciplines. 
 

We intend that, from the very first issue, the Journal will set an international 
benchmark in the field of human rights, and will become a meeting place for the 
discussion of the major challenges rights are facing today. In order to meet such an aim, 
we have the support and advice of a distinguished scientific board, consisting of 
scholars as relevant as Robert Alexy, Joana Abrisketa, Kai Ambos, Reiner Arnold, 
Fareda Banda, Martha N. Bello Albarracin, Emmanuel Decaux, Elias Diaz, Sakiko 
Fukuda-Parr, Todd Landman, Massimo La Torre, Mario Losano, Javier de Lucas, Susan 
Millns, Felipe Morente, Ramon Paniagua, Antonio E. Luño Perez, Philip Pettit, Michel 
Rosenfeld, and Richard Wilson. 
 

This Journal is edited in the framework of the Research Program “The Age of 
Rights”, composed of about one hundred researchers belonging to some of the most 
important human rights research groups, who aim to analyse integrally the reality of 
human rights in contemporary societies by identifying the main challenges and 
problems they face today, or may face in the future, and to propose possible solutions 
leading to the establishment of an international rule of law. Our aim, in short, is to 
contribute, through scientific reflection, to make the 21st century, eventually, the age of 
rights. 
 

Finally, we would like to make this journal a tribute to one of the leading 
researchers and proponents of human rights in Spain, internationally recognized, and 
founder of the research program, Dr. Gregorio Peces-Barba. 

 
 

Dr. Ramón Ruiz Ruiz 
Editor