%0 Journal Article %T Stare i nowe wyzwania ochrony praw człowieka %A Zubik, Marek %J Przegląd Konstytucyjny %V 2020 %N Numer 4 (2020) %P 24-39 %K democracy, human rights, human dignity, animal rights, artificial intelligence, new technologies, social exclusion, social engineering %@ 2544-2031 %D 2020 %U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/przeglad-konstytucyjny/artykul/old-and-new-challenges-to-the-protection-of-human-rights %X Old and New Challenges to the Protection of Human Rights The author shows the current problems relating to two main issues: human rights, and a democratic and open society and its governance. The articles indicate old phenomena, that have been taking place for a long time, , and new ones related to civilization changes. The author points to the indecent forms of exercising power in the state. He warns that people who value democracy should be aware of the destructive consequences of any forms that degrade human dignity by politicians. Democrats should not be involved in the decomposition of democratic processes in the state carried out by those in power, which draw their society into an undemocratic regime.