Judul Buku               : Hukum Hak Asasi Manusia

Penulis                      : Dr. A. Widiada Gunakaya S.A., S.H., M.H.

Nama Penerbit         : Yogyakarta : Penerbit ANDI

Ketebalan Buku      : xii. 308 hal.23 cm.

Tahun Terbit             : 2017

Human rights are basic rights that belong to humans who adhere to human nature from the moment they are born, so that their existence does not depend on recognition from the rule of law or other people and is universal.

Historically, human rights thought systems emerged in the context of fighting for human rights to be respected, recognized and protected and upheld for the sake of human dignity and self-esteem and as a moral foundation in human interaction, both in society, nation and state. Human rights thinking has emerged since the days of Ancient Greece and Rome, in which many figures have put forward their theories such as Thomas Aquinas, Hugo Grotius, John Locke, J.J. Rousseau, Thomas Hobbes, etc.

In fact, the discipline of human rights law involves other legal disciplines such as international law, international human rights law, and national human rights law. Developments that were originally in the realm of international legal studies in the form of agreements and international customary law, developed with the declaration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on December 10, 1948, continued with the ratification of the ICCPR and ECOSOC by the United Nations on December 16, 1966 to become independent legal studies, namely human rights law. international law and needs to be supported by national human rights law arrangements.