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Universal Rights, Systemic Violations, and Cultural Relativism in Morocco [[electronic resource] /] / by O. Glacier



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Autore: Glacier O Visualizza persona
Titolo: Universal Rights, Systemic Violations, and Cultural Relativism in Morocco [[electronic resource] /] / by O. Glacier Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013
Edizione: 1st ed. 2013.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (205 p.)
Disciplina: 341.480964
Soggetto topico: Political science
Human rights
Political theory
Politics and war
World politics
International relations
Political Science
Human Rights
Political Theory
Military and Defence Studies
Political History
International Relations
Persona (resp. second.): MartinValérie <1989->
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-180) and index.
Nota di contenuto: The multiple actors present at the origin of the Convention Against Torture's -- Internal politics behind the Moroccan state's disinterest in a definition for torture -- The use of cultural relativism for the purpose of delegitimizing fundamental rights -- Colonialism as a policy of resistance to human rights law -- Human rights law as a tool for international solidarity -- Torture persists despite the constitutional reforms of 2011.
Sommario/riassunto: Are universal rights bound to colonialism? Are they culturally imperialistic? By juxtaposing Morocco's practice of torture with its discourse of cultural relativism, this study links popular resistance to universal rights to a deliberate politics that delegitimizes those very same rights, requiring a new, more inclusive system of universalism.
Titolo autorizzato: Universal Rights, Systemic Violations, and Cultural Relativism in Morocco  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-349-46449-X
1-137-33961-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910815727303321
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