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Milestones in the defence of dignity and basic human rights in America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

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20 July 1500 Royal decree addressed to the King's retainer Pedro de Torres, ordering the release and repatriation of Indians brought to Spain from Hispaniola. The historian Altamira considered this document as the “first acknowledgement of the respect due to the dignity and freedom of all men, however ignorant and primitive they may be”.

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500th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Americas
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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 32 , Special Issue 290: 1492 - 1992: 500th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Americas , October 1992 , pp. 464 - 466
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Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1992

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