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This paper presents a brief historical overview of the principal characteristics of the cultural policy of France from the medieval to the present time, as well as the cultural identity of modern-day France and its principal characteristics: multi-cultural environment and multilingualism, and the belonging to both the European and the francophone culture. Even though the objectives of cultural policy were different in different periods and sometimes even seemed opposed, for more than two centuries now, a couple of objectives have been established as fundamental: awareness that cultural heritage should be protected and that, at the same time, the contemporary artists need well-organized financial and other support at the national level; and awareness that there are numerous distinct national cultures that deserve their place and reputation in modern society and that all those cultures (including the French culture) are a part of the broader European, even broader francophone, and the broadest world culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since their emergence in ancient times - although in rudimentary form - human rights have continually evolved and have undergone multiple transformations. The initial stage in the development of human rights is characterised by their extremely modest and restrictive practice, as well as by the emergence of the first ideas of natural law that did not tend to change the unjust social reality. The stage of institutionalisation, which began in the Middle Ages, is characterised by the struggle to reduce the monarch's absolute power. This process has enabled a gradual recognition of human rights, primarily the guarantees of personal liberty and security. The process of constitutionalization of human rights, which began with glorious revolutions in the USA and France, was inspired by medieval ideas of natural law. At the time, the natural law theories were actualised for the first time in their history. The next stage in the development of human rights occurred after World War II, with the beginning of the process of their internationalisation and the emergence of human rights protection mechanisms at the international level. Nevertheless, in the recent decades of their development, through conversion into an ideology, human rights have increasingly become a means for manipulation. With their relativization and the growing trend of removing the line between rights and morality, there appeared interpretations that could justify (or condemn) very different life situations and thus present the basis for the application of double standards. Accordingly, human rights must be redefined and freed from association with natural law features; otherwise, they will remain a means for manipulation and pursuit of ethically (non)controversial political goals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]