1. Universal Human Rights
To question the universality of human rights questions the validity of cross-cultural frameworks for rights and also the legitimacy of human rights norms (Ignatieff, 2001). ... Donnelly (2007) further premised that the idea of equal and inalienable rights being accorded due to being human (as is the basis of the UDHR) was missing not only in traditional Asian, African, Islamic societies but from early Western societies as well. ... 'Western' ideas of rights place most importance on the individual, with the promotion and protection of civil and political rights emphasised. ... Tradi...
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