Abstract
A review of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Drafting, Origins & Intent by Johannes Morsink. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights), 2000. 400pp.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) has helped to define human rights standards and bring them to the forefront of global concern. Yet the UDHR continues to suffer from charges of cultural imperialism. While many scholars have answered these charges with philosophical justification for universal human rights, Johannes Morsink takes another approach to the question of cultural relativism in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Origins, Drafting & Intent.
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Eckert, Amy
(2001)
"Universality by Consensus: The Evolution of Universality in the Drafting of the UDHR,"
Human Rights & Human Welfare: Vol. 1:
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2, Article 5.
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https://digitalcommons.du.edu/hrhw/vol1/iss2/5
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