Protection of the Human Dignity of Migrants and Refugees: a Proposed Intervention

Abstract

In recent years the world has seen an arising of a complex situation: an increasing of migration and refugees. This situation obliges directly affected countries, whether emitters or receivers, to take positions and define specific policies to the case in question. In addition to direct impacts on diplomatic relations, the condition of those people in displacement, as well as the way they have been treated, raise concerns in experts and authorities. Disrespect for dignity, cases of use of violence as a form of resolution, as well as the vulnerable condition of the passers-by are aspects that motivate the opening for dialogue and the propose for solving such impasse. It is urgent to redeem international normative provisions, which guide nations towards observing individual rights and the dignity of the person. Specifically, it is necessary that Bioethics develop an action proposal for societies, migrants and refugees. In this sense, Latin American epistemology, through Bioethics of Intervention (BI), presents a socially committed, critical, active and collectivist path through an instrumentalist practice that enables a reality transformation. For this, it is established the observance of three fundamental conditions: the development of collective actions that promote justice/equity and autonomy; the consideration of expanded citizenship; and the establishment of a critical solidarity. Thus, it is possible can contribute with the establishment of socio-political criteria searching for recognition and dignity guarantee of the human person, specifically of refugees and migrants.