Compliance and Non-compliance with International Human Rights Standards: Overplaying the Cultural Export

@article{citeulike:3611151, abstract = {Abstract\ \ This paper interrogates a 'positive' view of culture's (potential) role in widening compliance with international human rights standards, which (1) concentrates on the 'cultural' bases of conflict over rights and, in consequence, (2) focuses primarily on cultural interpretation as a means of achieving greater respect for rights norms. The thrust of the paper is that the relationship between culture and human rights norms is much more complex than this positive perspective implies and, this being so, that some of its claims about the potential benefits of cultural interpretation for widening rights compliance are hard to sustain. I substantiate this argument by exploring five challenges to this approach.}, author = {Walsh, Caroline}, citeulike-article-id = {3611151}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12142-008-0107-x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/m31656r663v5616l}, doi = {10.1007/s12142-008-0107-x}, journal = {Human Rights Review}, keywords = {article8, cnc, humanrights, international, policy, public, science, standards}, posted-at = {2009-03-14 08:47:01}, priority = {2}, title = {Compliance and Non-compliance with International Human Rights Standards: Overplaying the Cultural}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12142-008-0107-x} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3611151 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3611151 N2 - Abstract  This paper interrogates a ‘positive’ view of culture’s (potential) role in widening compliance with international human rights standards, which (1) concentrates on the ‘cultural’ bases of conflict over rights and, in consequence, (2) focuses primarily on cultural interpretation as a means of achieving greater respect for rights norms. The thrust of the paper is that the relationship between culture and human rights norms is much more complex than this positive perspective implies and, this being so, that some of its claims about the potential benefits of cultural interpretation for widening rights compliance are hard to sustain. I substantiate this argument by exploring five challenges to this approach. JF - Human Rights Review TI - Compliance and Non-compliance with International Human Rights Standards: Overplaying the Cultural KW - article8 KW - cnc KW - humanrights KW - international KW - policy KW - public KW - science KW - standards AU - Walsh, Caroline UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12142-008-0107-x ER -