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03269aam a2200409 i 4500 001 DB00FCF896FD11ED8856CD373CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230118010046 008 220314s2023 pau b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022011658 020 $a 1512823317 020 $a 9781512823318 035 $a (OCoLC)1310038160 040 $a PU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a KZ1266 $b .C69 2023 100 1 $a Cowell, Frederick, $e author. 245 10 $a Defensive relativism : $b the use of cultural relativism in international legal practice / $c Frederick Cowell. 264 1 $a Philadelphia : $b University of Pennsylvania Press, $c [2023] 300 $a xi, 314 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Pennsylvania studies in human rights 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Defensive Relativism describes how governments around the world use cultural relativism in legal argument to oppose international human rights law. Defensive relativist arguments appear in international courts, at the committees set up by human rights treaties and at the United Nations Human Rights Council. The aim of defensive relativist arguments is to exempt a state from having to apply international human rights law, or to stop international human rights law evolving, because it would interfere with cultural traditions the state deems important. It is an everyday occurrence in international human rights law and defensive relativist arguments can be used by all sorts of states. The end goal of defensive relativism is to allow a state to appear human rights compliant whilst at the same time not implementing international human rights law. Drawing on a range of materials, such as state reports on the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and cases from European Court of Human Rights involving freedom of religion, this book provides a definitive survey of defensive relativism. Crucially defensive relativism is not about alternate practices of human rights law, or debates about the origins or legitimacy of human rights as a concept. Defensive relativism is instead a variety of tactical argument used by states to justify ignoring international human rights law. Yet as this book concludes, defensive relativism can't be removed from the law as it is a reflection of unresolved tensions about the nature of what it means for rights to be universal"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a International law and human rights. 650 0 $a Cultural relativism. 650 0 $a Human rights. 650 2 $a Human Rights $0 (DNLM)D006806 650 6 $a Droit international et droits de l'homme. $0 (CaQQLa)000284659 650 6 $a Relativisme culturel. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0028581 650 6 $a Droits de l'homme (Droit international) $0 (CaQQLa)201-0065399 650 7 $a Cultural relativism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00885057 650 7 $a Human rights. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00963285 650 7 $a International law and human rights. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01894145 830 0 $a Pennsylvania studies in human rights. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240717015629.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DB00FCF896FD11ED8856CD373CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search