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This chapter provides a general introduction to the idea of human rights as it is embodied in a variety of different legal regimes at the international, regional and national levels. It also comments on the interdisciplinary aspects of human rights and situates it in its historical context.

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  1. Department of International and European Law, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Gustavo Arosemena

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  1. Foundations and Methods of Law, Maastricht University Faculty of Law, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Jaap Hage

  2. Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Antonia Waltermann

  3. Private Law, Maastricht University Faculty of Law, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Bram Akkermans

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Arosemena, G. (2017). Human Rights. In: Hage, J., Waltermann, A., Akkermans, B. (eds) Introduction to Law. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57252-9_13

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