Anexo Documental IV
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Anexo Documental IV
EDUCATION, UNIVERSALITY AND
HUMANISM: THE HUMAN PERSON
AND THE MISSION OF
INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS1
I. Universita s and Humanitas.
It is a great honour to me to come to India for this ceremony: I feel indeed
touched by this highly signicant initiative of Kiit University of Bhubaneswar
towards me, coming, as I do, from another part of the world, Latin America.
is initiative of awarding me the Doctorate honoris causa, in the present cer-
emony, in its School of Law, on this Sunday morning, 26 November 2017, is a
sign of the universality, proper to the Universitas.
In the historical evolution of Universities around the world, a trend of
thinking - the humanities - has consistently concentrated on the “transcen-
dental humanity” of human beings. Humanism is also proper to Universitas.
And Universitas and humanitas go together: this memorable ceremony bears
witness of that. Contrary to the view - of compartmentalized or “specialized”
knowledge - that truth could only be reached by empirical investigation. hu-
manists, in their cultivation of general knowledge, continued to insist on the
centrality of the values.
In the present age of so-called mass “globalization”, or “globalized” massica-
tion, attention to cultural identity, in the framework of the universality of the hu-
man kind, continues to be regarded as necessary, so that we can live in harmony
in the cosmos, respecting the dierences which conform that universality, and
defend ourselves against the chaos and the irrationality that surround us.
It is necessary today to keep on insisting on the central role of humanities,
- encompassing literature, philosophy, history, law, language and education -
within the Universitas. Cultural legacy, within the framework of universalism,
will never be replaced by the simple preparation for professional exercise. Uni-
versity teaching is to remain attentive to education, surrounded by human values.
1 Address delivered by the Author at the ceremony of Doctorate Honoris Causa, in the
auditorium of the School of Law of Kiit University, in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, on 26
November 2017.
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