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Universal Rights, Systemic Violations, and Cultural Relativism in Morocco
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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 resist...
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.
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- Creator
- by O. Glacier
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- 1st ed. 2013
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (205 p.)
- ISBNs
- 1137339616, 1306178797, 1137339608, 9781137339607, 9781137339614, 9781349464494, 134946449X
- OCLC
- ocn849822379, ocn880440370
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-180) and index.
- English, translated from French.
- 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