In the late 1970s, when Karel Vasak offered his concept of the three generations of rights, it was inclusive enough to embrace the whole spectrum of existing human rights. Forty years later, this paper explores the nature of contemporary human rights discourse and questions to what extent Vasak’s categorization is still relevant. Our work discusses the evolution of the concept of human rights, the changing dichotomies of national and international, individual and collective, and positive and negative rights. This paper uses qualitative methods of content analysis and quantitative frequency analysis method to explore the nature of scholarly discourse presented in human rights journals. Our research findings highlight the dynamic evolution of contemporary human rights discourse. The paper specifically illustrates the increasing emphasis on collective and internationalist rights and the enhancement of human rights matters that are difficult to categorize using Vasak’s approach. In doing so, the paper calls for the clarification of the language of contemporary human rights.

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卡雷尔·瓦萨克 (Karel Vasak) 的世代权利与当代人权话语

在 1970 年代后期，当 Karel Vasak 提出他的三代权利概念时，它的包容性足以涵盖现有人权的整个范围。四十年后，本文探讨了当代人权话语的本质，并探讨了 Vasak 的分类在多大程度上仍然相关。我们的工作讨论了人权概念的演变、国家和国际、个人和集体以及积极和消极权利之间不断变化的二分法。本文采用内容分析的定性方法和定量频率分析方法来探讨人权期刊所呈现的学术话语的性质。我们的研究结果突出了当代人权话语的动态演变。这篇论文特别说明了对集体和国际主义权利的日益重视以及对使用 Vasak 方法难以归类的人权问题的加强。为此，该文件呼吁澄清当代人权的语言。