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Norms versus Interpretations: Human Rights Universality Revisited

Published:2023-04-19 Issue:2 Volume:23 Page:183-205
ISSN:1934-2640
Container-title:Global Jurist
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Author:

García Escobar Gabriela¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Faculty of Law (Facultad de Derecho) , Universidad Panamericana – Guadalajara , Zapopan 45010 , Mexico

Abstract

Abstract Debates on human rights universality frame universality according to an anthropological view called Western universalism and consider that “cultural relativism” is equivalent to any other framework. Thus, the discussion on this topic has been reduced to who is the rights-holder and the concept of human rights itself. There is a third approach to universality that must be addressed: the universality of interpretations. Most critics of human rights universality do not contest internationally agreed human rights norms (as established in treaties). Rather, they react against interpretations or standards as have been developed by human rights mechanisms. Accordingly, this paper explores three positions that have been developed around this notion: flexible Westerns, dialogical perspectives, and bottom-up approaches.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Law,Political Science and International Relations

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/gj-2023-0001/pdf

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