This is the purpose of the ” Universal Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Mankind ” ( UDHR ), which distinguishes it from other initiatives and makes it both necessary and urgent.
This declaration goes further than previous declarations limited to the recognition of new rights. Proclaiming as many duties as rights, the DDHu reminds us that one cannot go without the other and that the rights of future generations as well as of living species constitute as many duties for present generations.
This declaration is not an additional text on climate or environment, even if in this field all the lights are red. It affirms that there can be no sustainable future for humanity without the recognition of :
– responsibility in the preservation and use of resources,
– intra- and intergenerational equity,
– the humanization of technological progress, in a healthy environment.
This declaration is not a text for the sole use of States that manage short-termism, which in the long term are at best followers rather than forerunners. This text is the only one today that can be signed by all the components of humanityThis is the case for all levels of government, from private citizens to local authorities (cities, regions, etc.), parliamentary assemblies, bar associations (local, national), NGOs, universities and companies concerned about their responsibility.
The universal declaration of the rights and duties of mankind is not an international convention destined to be negotiated between States until it is emptied of all substance and all constraints. It is a simple text, translated into most of the languages used in the world today, which must become a basic text whose principles every citizen, every community, every entity can claim.
Born in the wake of the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights”, the Universal Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Mankind wants to go one step further.
This is why we, the signatories of the DDHU, call on public authorities, legal entities, organizations of all kinds, and every citizen to join us and allow humanity to adopt this roadmap for its future.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][dt_vc_list]
Personalities signatories :
- Jean-Philippe Agresti, Dean of the Faculty of Aix-en-Provence
- Ghaleb Bencheikh, writer and essayist, President of the World Conference of Religions for Peace
- Dominique Bourg, Philosopher
- Jean-François Clervoy, astronaut
- Jean-Michel Cousteau, President of Green Cross France and Territories
- Chantal Cutajar, Director of OCTFI (Observatoire Citoyen pour la transparence financière internationale) and Director General of CEFAC (European College of Financial Investigation and Criminal Financial Analysis)
- Allain Bougrain Dubourg, President of the LPO
- Christiane Feral Schhul, Former President of the Paris Bar,
- Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris
- Nicolas Imbert, Executive Director of Green Cross France and Territories,
- Jacques Krabal, Member of Parliament
- Jean Paul Laborde, MAP Goodwill Ambassador (Association of Mediterranean Parliamentarians)
- Bettina Laville, President of Comité 21
- Corinne Lepage, Former Minister of the Environment, MEP and environmental lawyer
- Myriam Maestroni, CEO of Economie d’Energie (former CEO of Primagaz), President of the E5t Foundation,
- Geneviève Maillet, Lawyer, President of the Marseilles Bar
- Eric Orsenna, Writer
- Michel Peisse, President of WCAO – World Organization of Certified Public Accountants and Arbitrators, Associate of the United Nations Department of Public Information
- Corinne Pelluchon, Philosopher and professor at the UPEM,
Philippe Perrin, astronaut - Gérard Rabinovitch, Philosopher
- Roland Ries, Mayor of the city of Strasbourg
- Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber, Writer
The ambassadors who signed the agreement:
- Amandine Biaggini, agronomy student at AgroParisTech
- Louis B. Buchman, Attorney at Law
- Antonella Buja, Head of the European Policies and International Relations Office of the City of Modena, Italy.
- Sara Chandler, President of the European Bars Federation, United Kingdom.
- Fadi Georges Comair, Expert on water issues
- Christophe Donnette, President of the GESICA network
- Christiane Féral-Schuhl, President of the Conseil National des Barreaux
- Mary-Daphne Fishelson, lawyer and former Secretary General of the UIA, France.
- Emilie Gaillard, Lecturer in private law at the University of Caen
- Bilal Ghamrawi, Vice President of OMECA
- Emmanuel KIERZKOWSKI-CHATAL, President of the Saint-Nazaire Bar
- Mathieu Mahika Kofi, President of Green Cross Côte d’Ivoire
- Adrian Lakrichi, student
- Claire Le Floch, student at AgroParisTech
- Noureddine Melikechi, professor of physics and dean of the Kennedy College of Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Member of the Optical Society of America and member of the NASA Mars Science Laboratory research team.
- Yannick Monget, President of Symbiom
- Laura Thompson
- Louise Vandelac, Ph. Full Professor Department of Sociology and Institute of Environmental Sciences, UQAM