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Globalization and Human Rights

Enes Kulenović

Abstract

The paper discusses human rights in the light of globalization. The process of globalization makes this world more closely connected on political, economical, and cultural levels. Still, the question is whether this raising connection presupposes the global consensus on the basic moral issue - the consensus on human rights. The author is trying to discuss this issue by analysing four aspects which are: 1) the bearer of human rights, 2) the list of rights, 3) the abuse and the protection of rights and 4) their legitimity, and by considering two confronting views - universalism on the one hand and cultural relativism on the other hand.

Keywords

human rights; globalization; modern theories of human rights; universalism; cultural relativism

Hrčak ID:

172009

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/172009

Publication date:

1.12.2000.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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