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this article critically examines the role of universal human rights in relation to cultural relativism whilst assessing the values that claim to support honour killings in Indian culture. This article will examine the universalism of human rights and their influence on gender-based violence- especially relating to honour killings in North India. In addition, I will argue for an approach (drawing on the seminal work of Donnelly who proposed ‘relative universalism of human rights’) allowing the tension between universality and particularity/relativism can be reconciled.
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This page is a summary of: The Paradox Between Universalism of Human Rights and Relativism of Culture, Journal of Southeast Asian Human Rights, June 2020, FMIPA, Universitas Jember,
DOI: 10.19184/jseahr.v4i1.8597.
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