An example is the displacement of indigenous or tribal peoples for so-called development projects. In the 1971 Synod of Bishops on Justice in the World, the Catholic Church clearly stated that people should not be hindered from attaining development in accordance with their own culture. All peoples should be able to become the architects of their own economic and social advancement. Today, a reality underlies the New Order, faintly discernible and struggling toward visibility. It is essentially the nature of the spirit.
Some scientists believe there is something in the human person deeper than ethics and reason.
We have the capacity to be moved by the suffering of others. This inherent power serves as the foundation for respect for others and the relief of their suffering. Humans are compassionate beings. In this perspective, human rights are expressions of compassion for the suffering poor. Suffering and compassion offer the spiritual key to interpret human rights as the rights of the poor.