The fourth generation of human rights: the right to be human

The article formulates the concept of the right to be human as a fundamental component of the fourth generation of human rights. These innovations are driven by a shift in the value-based approach to law and human rights in the context of globalization and digitalization of societies. The study focuses on the transformation of perceptions regarding the content of human rights under the influence of globalization, biotechnological advancement, digitalization, and the development of information systems. The essence and structural elements of the fourth-generation rights are analyzed, particularly informational, digital, somatic rights, as well as the right to security in the new techno-social environment. The article examines the concept of human autonomy as a complex phenomenon encompassing social, legal, and biological dimensions. Social autonomy is defined as an individual’s ability to form their own identity and express themselves in both material and digital environments. Legal autonomy presupposes legal capacity and freedom of will within legal relations. It is emphasized that only a harmonious combination of all forms of autonomy ensures the full realization of the individual as an independent and responsible subject in contemporary society. The article underscores the need for legal reflection on new challenges related to the potential loss of human autonomy, privacy, bodily integrity, and spiritual identity. It is argued that the right to be human should encompass not only classical rights and freedoms but also new legal guarantees for the protection of genetic information, anthropological uniqueness, and the moral inviolability of the person in the digital age. The article concludes with a call for further research in the field of legal regulation of human nature, aimed at ensuring a dignified existence of the individual within bio- and techno-environments

fourth-generation human rights, right to life, somatic rights, informational rights, digital rights, law