Human Rights and Human Norms

A prevailing debate between the Universality of Human Rights and Cultural Relativism


Essai, 2009

7 Pages


Résumé ou Introduction

After the Second World War, a Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) evolved as an act for freedom and equality. The UDHR was held by many politicians and representatives from many countries, with different cultures and religions, including the “United States, United Kingdom, Iran, China, Egypt, and France”, to intersect one main matter. This cosmo-political act is to insure that Human and civil Rights are applicable to all nations and regions all over the globe. However in 1981, Iranian representative in the United Nations Said Rajaie-Khorassani claimed that the declaration of human rights was based on Jewish-Christian beliefs and cultures, and could not be tolerated by the Islamic people, and their traditions (Littman, 2003). Countries like Iran claim that human rights are established fundamentally on a Western moral.

Certainly every nation has its own laws and regulations. Besides every region has its own traditions and values. But when it comes to human rights, it is a universal privilege that humanity has to possess. The universal declaration of human rights is made to structure all the inhumane and barbaric legacies made and done by state leaders and mainly dictators. Cultural relativists claim that this universality is considered cultural imperialism, dominating the world culture and ruining all kinds of ethnic norms and traditions.

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Titre
Human Rights and Human Norms
Sous-titre
A prevailing debate between the Universality of Human Rights and Cultural Relativism
Université
American University of Sharjah
Auteur
Année
2009
Pages
7
N° de catalogue
V133049
ISBN (ebook)
9783640415458
ISBN (Livre)
9783640411153
Taille d'un fichier
476 KB
Langue
anglais
Mots clés
Hijab, Sexism, Human Rights, Women Rights, UDHR, Cultural Imerpialism, Cultural relativism, democracy, Freedom, discrimination, Iran, Homa Darabi, Freedom of speech, Minority Rights, United Nations
Citation du texte
Mohamed El Nazer (Auteur), 2009, Human Rights and Human Norms, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/133049

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