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Critical Essays on Human Rights Criticism

Critical Essays on Human Rights Criticism

Author: Andras Sajo; Renata Uitz
Publisher: Eleven International Publishing
ISBN: 9789462361232
Published In: May 2020
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Netherlands ? Disclaimer:
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Decades of talk of the human rights revolution has triggered impatience and disappointment with a once cherished idea(l). Lately the backlash has received momentum from populist and illiberal political movements.

Essays in this volume offer theoretical perspectives and practical insights on developments in Europe, the Americas and South Africa. Authors show how instruments, institutions and practices of human rights protection are used to undermine liberties. The picture includes strategic illiberal politcal actors as well as the (sometimes unwitting) contributions of human rights defenders, national and regional courts. This volume calls for a much needed conversation on the future of human rights among scholars and practitioners of human rights. It also invites students of populist and illiberal governments to join the debate.

Human Rights Critics and Defenders: An Introduction

Renáta Uitz and Maria Bertel

Part I. Critique of Human Rights Criticism

1. The Fate of HumanRightsin Indifferent Societies – (i.e. in More and More Constitutional Democracies)

András Sajó

2. Neither Invariant nor Sacrosanct – Human Rights Critique and Deliberation Past and Present

Marie-Luisa Frick

3. One Step Too Far – Some Philosophical and Political Reflections on the Current Critique of Human Rights

Matthias Mahlmann

4. Liberal Rights Between Radical Democratic Critique and Liberal Failure

Nenad Dimitrijevic

Part II. Social Challenges to Human Rights