Description
| Summary: | This study explores the role played by the Moroccan state in the drafting process of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Author Osire Glacier examines whether universal rights follow logically from the colonial experience and exist as a form of cultural imperialism. By juxtaposing the Moroccan state's systemic practice of torture with its discourse of cultural relativism, she reveals that popular resistance to universal rights, expressed via discourses of relativism and cultural authenticity, correspond to a deliberate form of politics aimed at delegitimizing those very same rights. Ultimately, she challenges critics condemning universal rights as neocolonial to produce new perspectives that can support a more inclusive system protecting universal rights.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 184 pages) |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-180) and index. |
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| ISBN: | 9781137339614
1137339616
9781137339607
1137339608
9781349464494
134946449X |
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| Language: | English, translated from French. |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
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