Universal Rights, Systemic Violations, and Cultural Relativism in Morocco [Hardcover]

Are universal rights bound to colonialism? Are they culturally imperialistic? By juxtaposing Morocco's practice of torture with its discourse of cultural relativism, this study links popular resistance to universal rights to a deliberate politics that delegitimizes those very same rights, requiring a new, more inclusive system of universalism.1. The Multiple Actors Present at the Convention against Torture's Origin 2. Internal Politics behind the Moroccan State's Disinterest in a Definition for Torture 3. The Use of Cultural Relativism for the Purpose of Delegitimizing Fundamental Rights 4. Colonialism as a Policy of Resistance to Human Rights Law 5. Human Rights Law as a Tool for International Solidarity 6. Torture Persists Despite the Constitutional Reforms of 2011

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Osire Glacier is Professor in the Department of History and the Department of Political Science and International Studies at Bishop's University, Canada. She is the author of the book Political Women in Morocco, Then and Now.