The use, misuse, non-use of the term ‘Right’

Abstract

The paper refers to the language of rights in the public debate, focusing the attention with the characters of imperativity, inviolability, absoluteness which are proper to the term ‘right’. It focuses, on the one hand, on situations where every interest is claimed as a ‘right’, and, on the other hand, on situations where, on the contrary, fundamental human rights are not widely and unanimously recognized, which is typically the case of women’s human rights.