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ÉTAT DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS EN LAS RELACIONES FAMILIARES

Human Rights and Digital Technology

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Rafael Morales Gamboa*

Before the fifteenth century, what is now known as Latin America did not exist for the rest of

the world. Right here, empires like the Aztec and the Inca did not know or maintain any

kind of relationship between them. What happened in every part of the world remained in

that part of the world and human rights did not exist: each people distinguished themselves
from others, demanded their own rights and defended them with the weapons at their

disposal.

The accumulation of knowledge and technological development have changed this situation

in several important aspects, although many others remain basically the same. The concept of
Humanity has grown in coverage to include at present any Homo sapiens on the planet,

known or imagined. The atrocities of World War II led us to develop the associated concept

of Human Rights as “rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of

residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status” [1].
Technological development has made it possible to communicate with the rest of the world,

as well as the exchange of goods, and the transportation of people, from almost anywhere on

the planet.

* Coordinator for the Doctoral Programme on Educational Systems and Environments at the University of
Guadalajara.

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