€115.00 incl. VAT €108.49 excl. VAT
Available shipped within 3-5 business days
100% secure payment
payments maestro mastercard visa payments
Questions about this product? Contact our customer service

Culture in the State Reporting Procedure of the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies

How the HRC, the CESCR and the CEDAWCee use human rights as a sword to protect and promote culture, and as a shield to protect against harmful culture

Book | 1st edition 2020 | United Kingdom | Vincent Vleugel
Description

'[…] this book is very well written and addresses a very important question - how to reconcile and balance universalism and cultural relativism. […] it provides an excellent overview and analysis on the work of the UN treaty bodies and addresses their shortcomings meandering their way in the complex world of international politics.' -- Darsheenee Singh Raumnauth, Cross-cultural Human Rights Review, 2020
______

Ever since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 there has been a debate on the issue of universality and cultural diversity. Nowadays, this debate is not so much framed in terms of opposites, but more in terms of reconciliation.

Under the international human rights framework, States are allowed to take cultural particularities into account when implementing the treaties. The UN human rights treaty bodies which monitor the implementation of the treaties by States have an important role to play in ensuring a proper balance between safeguarding the universality of the rights, while at the same time leaving room for cultural particularities in the interpretation and implementation of those rights by States. This book examines how the UN treaty bodies, in particular the Human Rights Committee, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, fulfil this role.

The research shows that human rights are used as a sword to protect and safeguard culture and cultural diversity, and as a shield to protect against harmful aspects of culture. It also looks in-depth at the dialogue between treaty bodies and States parties, and the way cultural arguments are dealt with. The study concludes that the treaty bodies are first and foremost guardians of the universality of human rights. They use their monitoring role not so much (actively) to reconcile universality and cultural diversity or to accommodate cultural variation, but more to determine the limits of such cultural variation.

Technical info
More Information
Type of product Book
Format Paperback
EAN / ISSN 9781839700064 / 9781839700095
Series name Human Rights Research Series
Weight 800 g
Status Available
Number of pages xiv + 378 p.
Access to exercice No
Publisher Intersentia
Language English
Publication Date Nov 24, 2020
Available on Jurisquare No
Available on Strada Belgique No
Available on Strada Europe No
Available on Strada Luxembourg No
Chapters

Downloads

  • Table of Contents and Preliminary Pages
    Vincent Vleugel
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
    Vincent Vleugel
  • Chapter 2. Human Rights and Cultural Diversity. Between and Beyond Universalism and Cultural Relativism
    Vincent Vleugel
  • Chapter 3. UN Treaty Bodies. Treaties, Committees, Working Methods
    Vincent Vleugel
  • Chapter 4. Human Rights as a Sword. To Protect and Promote Cultural Diversity
    Vincent Vleugel
  • Chapter 5. Human Rights as a Shield. To Protect against Harmful Aspects of Culture
    Vincent Vleugel
  • Chapter 6. Cultural Argumentation. The State Reporting Procedure as a Platform for Cross-Cultural Dialogue
    Vincent Vleugel
  • Chapter 7. Conclusions. How the Treaty Bodies Universalise Human Rights
    Vincent Vleugel