LEADER 05804nam 22006495 450 001 9910788359303321 005 20211012024823.0 010 $a1-283-89007-0 010 $a0-8122-0105-1 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812201055 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046740 035 $a(OCoLC)844249224 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10641558 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000605897 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11391691 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000605897 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10579882 035 $a(PQKB)11273147 035 $a(DE-B1597)448958 035 $a(OCoLC)843080262 035 $a(OCoLC)979970059 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812201055 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441723 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046740 100 $a20190708d2011 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $auruuu---||u|| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHuman Rights in Iran $eThe Abuse of Cultural Relativism /$fReza Afshari 210 1$aPhiladelphia :$cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$d[2011] 210 4$dİ2001 215 $a1 online resource (436 p.) 225 0 $aPennsylvania Studies in Human Rights 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-8122-2139-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 395- 402) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tA Note on Transliteration --$tPreface --$tChapter 1. Islamic Cultural Relativism in Human Rights Discourse --$tChapter 2. The Shiite Theocracy --$tChapter 3. The Right to Life --$tChapter 4. The Right to Freedom from Torture --$tChapter 5. The Right to Liberty and Security of Person and to Freedom from Arbitrary Arrest --$tChapter 6. The Right to a Fair Trial --$tChapter 7. The Right to Freedom of Conscience, Thought, and Religion --$tChapter 8. Renounce Your Conscience or Face Death --$tChapter 9. The Right to Freedom of Thought, Conscience, and Religion --$tChapter 10. Official Responses to the United Nations --$tChapter 11. Change of Tactics After Ayatollah Khomeini's Death --$tChapter 12. The Special Representative's Meetings with the Judiciary and Security Officials --$tChapter 13. The Right to Freedom of Opinion, Expression, and the Press --$tChapter 14. The Most Revealing Cases of Violations of the Right to Freedom of Expression and the Press --$tChapter 15. The Rights to Participate in the Political Life of the Country and to Peaceful Assembly and Association --$tChapter 16. The Rights of Women --$tChapter 17. UN Monitoring, 1984-2000 --$tConclusion --$tAfterword --$tNotes --$tSelected Bibliography --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aSelected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic TitleAre the principles set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights truly universal? Or, as some have argued, are they derived exclusively from Western philosophic traditions and therefore irrelevant to many non-Western cultures? Should a state's claims to indigenous traditions, and not international covenants, determine the scope of rights granted to its citizens?In his strong defense of the Declaration, Reza Afshari contends that the moral vision embodied in this and other agreements is a proper response to the abuses of the modern state. Asserting that the most serious violations of human rights by state rulers are motivated by political and economic factors rather than the purported concern for cultural authenticity, Afshari examines one particular state that has claimed cultural exception to the universality of human rights, the Islamic Republic of Iran.In his revealing case study, Afshari investigates how Islamic culture and Iranian politics since the fall of the Shah have affected human rights policy in that state. He exposes the human rights violations committed by ruling clerics in Iran since the Revolution, showing that Iran has behaved remarkably like other authoritarian governments in its human rights abuses. For more than two decades, Iran has systematically jailed, tortured, and executed dissidents without due process of law and assassinated political opponents outside state borders. Furthermore, like other oppressive states, Iran has regularly denied and countered the charges made by United Nations human rights monitors, defending its acts as authentic cultural practices. Throughout his study, Afshari addresses Iran's claims of cultural relativism, a controversial thesis in the intense ongoing debate over the universality of human rights. In prison memoirs he uncovers the actual human rights abuses committed by the Islamic Republic and the sociopolitical conditions that cause or permit them. Finally, Afshari turns to little-read UN reports that reveal that the dynamics of power between UN human rights monitors and Iranian leaders have proven ineffective at enforcing human rights policy in Iran. Critically analyzing the state's responses, Afshari shows that the Islamic Republic, like other oppressive states, has regularly denied and countered the charges made by UN human rights monitors, and when denials were patently implausible, it defended its acts as authentic cultural practices. This defense is equally unconvincing, since it lacked domestic cultural consensus. 410 0$aPennsylvania studies in human rights 606 $aHuman Rights$zIran 610 $aAfrican Studies. 610 $aAsian Studies. 610 $aHuman Rights. 610 $aLaw. 610 $aMiddle Eastern Studies. 610 $aPolitical Science. 615 0$aHuman Rights 676 $a323.0955 700 $aAfshari$b Reza$01580757 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788359303321 996 $aHuman Rights in Iran$93861922 997 $aUNINA