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Author Glacier, Osire, author.

Title Universal rights, systemic violations, and cultural relativism in Morocco / Osire Glacier ; translated by Valérie Martin
Edition First edition
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 184 pages)
Contents The multiple actors present at the Convention Against Torture's origin -- 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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-180) and index
Notes English, translated from French
Print version record
SUBJECT Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984 December 10)
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment fast
Subject Human rights -- Morocco
International law and human rights -- Morocco
Torture -- Government policy -- Morocco
Cultural relativism -- Political aspects -- Morocco
LAW -- International.
Cultural relativism
Human rights
International law and human rights
Political science
Torture -- Government policy
Morocco
Form Electronic book
Author Martin, Valérie, 1989- translator.
ISBN 9781137339614
1137339616
9781137339607
1137339608
9781349464494
134946449X