Universality of the blossoming human rights paradigm.
Jensen marshals a thorough historical survey to question the universality of the blossoming human rights paradigm.
Discuss one example from the reading that cast doubt on the universality of the UDHR.
Discuss one example that bolstered the claim of universality.
What was the Bandung conference? The participants in this conference focused on what right?
What does Anderson's chapter tell us about the indivisibility of the different categories of human rights (civil, political, social, economic, cultural)? Were they divided? What was the problem?
Anderson explains that domestic pressures in the U.S. to protect white supremacy lead to compromises that weakened the enforcement structures of human rights. Describe one of these compromises.