Publication: El derecho a la identidad cultural: Criterios de fundamentación
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2013-06
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Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto de Derechos Humanos Bartolomé de las Casas; Dykinson
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El derecho a la identidad cultural es un derecho controvertido en nuestras sociedades
contemporáneas. La afirmación de este derecho supone replantear algunas
de las nociones del Estado de Derecho y de la teoría de los derechos, para
poder dar cabida a las cuestiones de la identidad. En relación a lo cual, actualmente,
autores como P. Häberle hablan de la “cultura” como cuarto elemento
del Estado Constitucional. Esta visión contradice la perspectiva que pregona la
teoría clásica del Estado, basada en la Staatsnation, que reduce los elementos
configuradores del Estado a los tradicionales de territorio, población y poder.
Con esas premisas, desde este texto, se abordan un conjunto de criterios que
son susceptibles de fundamentar el derecho a la identidad cultural, tanto desde
el punto de vista moral (fundamentación moral: vinculada a la dignidad humana)
como desde la perspectiva estrictamente normativa (justificación jurídica:
como derecho normativo de libertad y derecho normativo de igualdad).
The right to cultural identity is a controversial right within modern-day societies. Affirming this right entails rethinking a number of concepts concerning the Constitutional State and the theory of rights in order to find a place for questions of identity. In this regard, current authors such as P. Häberle speak of “culture” as the fourth element of the Constitutional State. This view opposes the perspective that espouses the classical theory of State, based on the Staatsnation, which reduces the elements that make up the State to the traditional aspects of territory, population and power. With these premises, this paper addresses a series of criteria that may provide the foundation of the right to cultural identity, both from a moral point of view (moral foundation: linked to human dignity) and from a strictly legal perspective (legal justification: as a legal right to freedom and a legal right to equality).
The right to cultural identity is a controversial right within modern-day societies. Affirming this right entails rethinking a number of concepts concerning the Constitutional State and the theory of rights in order to find a place for questions of identity. In this regard, current authors such as P. Häberle speak of “culture” as the fourth element of the Constitutional State. This view opposes the perspective that espouses the classical theory of State, based on the Staatsnation, which reduces the elements that make up the State to the traditional aspects of territory, population and power. With these premises, this paper addresses a series of criteria that may provide the foundation of the right to cultural identity, both from a moral point of view (moral foundation: linked to human dignity) and from a strictly legal perspective (legal justification: as a legal right to freedom and a legal right to equality).
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Identidad cultural, Estado constitucional, Dignidad humana, Libertad, Igualdad, Cultural identity, Constitutional State, Human dignity, Liberty, Equality
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Derechos y Libertades: revista de filosofía del derecho y derechos humanos, junio 2013, n. 29, pp. 183-216