2018-07-242018-07-242008-12MENEZES, Irismar Sousa de; MAGALHÃES, Solange Martins Oliveira. Direitos humanos, violência, moradia: dignidade ameaçada. Sociedade e Cultura, Goiânia, v. 11, n. 2, jul./dez. 2008. Disponível em: <https://www.revistas.ufg.br/fchf/article/view/5289/4328>.e- 1415-8566http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/15470Human rights, in their nature and universality, are deeply linked to the essence of the human being. They are meant to everybody in this planet. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights legitimizes human rights in an attempt to provide social justice. The right to a dwelling-place is also consecrated in the Declaration, as well as in Conventions and in the Federal Constitution of Brazil (1988). In the governmental sector, it is present in the Ministry of Cities and in the Statute of the Cities. They guarantee to the person, by the force of law, the right to a dignifi ed dwelling place. Nevertheless, in everyday life, reality is quite different. Millions of people have troubled relations with the public power, which generates problems, besides the massifi cation of social inequality.porAcesso AbertoDireitos humanosViolênciaExclusão socialAção religiosaDemocratizaçãoHuman rightsViolenceSocial exclusionReligious actionSemocratizationArtigo10.5216/sec.v11i2.5289