Las Casas Remembered:The 500th Anniversary of the Struggle for the Human Rights of the Native Peoples of America

Authors

David M. Traboulay, CUNY College of Staten IslandFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2015

Abstract

At first a part of the colonial system as an encomendero, he later dedicated his life to the struggle for justice and human rights of the indigenous peoples of America. At the grand debate of 1551 between Dr. Sepulveda and Las Casas, Las Casas presented a very modern view of human rights that is one of the useful models of human rights for the contemporary world.

Comments

This work was originally published in:Zeitschrift für Missionswissenschaft und Religionswissenschaft. Year: 2015, Volume: 99, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 232-249