The defense of the rights of the peoples is a requisite for the realization of the individual rights since, for instance, as long as the development is not effectively shared among all nations and peoples, part of the human rights' speech will continue to be purely formal. Human rights must give an answer not only to the problems of the developed world, and in that sense, the assumptions for the elaboration of juridical dispositions must be broadened. The idea proper of individual autonomy is associated to a social context that allows human beings to acquire an identity not only as individuals, but also as members of a community. This involves, aside from a conscience of continuity with the past, the hope of continuity in the future and the conscience of a cultural community, protected by means of appropriate institutional forms. These are the third generation rights.
Human rights are universal, indivisible and interdependent.
In virtue of the universality feature, the holders of these rights are all human beings, irrespective of nationality, sex, race, beliefs or social status. But universality also concerns the obligations implied by human rights, generating not only negative general obligations but also positive general obligations. This means that the State as well as the individuals must carry out positive actions for the realization and effective protection of human rights. On the other hand, human rights are indivisible and interdependent insofar as it is not possible to establish a hierarchy that sets one group of rights over another. All human rights have the same importance and moral force, and therefore, their acknowledgement can be submitted to no condition whatsoever.