This essay will look briefly at the history of the document including articulating a clash of 'Western' and non- 'Western' ideas and a conceptualisation of 'human'. The essay will also present examples in practice of how non- 'Western' states have questioned the applicability of the UDHR and where some of the limits lie. ... An example of this is some traditional African societies who organise marriage through family and tribe or sometimes community decision-making. ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate