THE ROLE OF VOLUNTEERING IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS EMANCIPATION OF VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES

Abstract

This article seeks to analyze the importance of volunteer work in vulnerable communities for their democratic emancipation in a human rights culture. The problem that guides this research can be summarized in the following question: To what extent can volunteer actions contribute to the democratic emancipation of vulnerable communities, helping to create a proactive human rights culture? Based on the data collected and research carried out in the field of Law and related Social Sciences, reflected in the bibliography that supports the study, it is possible to affirm that volunteer work can and should contribute to the creation of an active culture of human rights in vulnerable communities. The general objective is to analyze how social volunteer organizations can contribute to the creation of a human rights culture in vulnerable communities. The specific objectives, which are reflected in the structure in three sections, are: a) to present the issue of human rights as a context of struggles; b) to study the performance of social volunteer work organizations and their importance in today's society; c) to investigate the importance of the performance of these social organizations in vulnerable communities for the creation of a human rights culture. The research method used was the hypothetical-deductive one, through the use of bibliographical research.