In the words of Iranian human rights advocate, lawyer, and former judge Shirin Ebadi: “The idea of cultural relativism (the view that ethical and social standards reflect the cultural context ...

While most of these issues have been concerned with empirical developments regarding human rights abuses, the conceptual underpinnings that inform this debate are less often analysed. In particular, ...

By liberal relativism I mean the set of values and institutions which limit human rights to negative claims on the state to refrain from interfering with the freedom of individuals. This ...

Apr 27, 2007 / 08:02 am In his weekly pastoral letter, Archbishop Agustin Garcia Gasco of Valencia warned that the “defense of human rights on our planet is being lethally undermined by ...

Philosopher Bernard Williams once said that “we all have a good idea of what human rights are,” echoing Saint Vincent’s Catholic notion of “what everyone, always and by everyone is ...