A Defense of the International Human Rights Regime

• Author: Rhoda Howard-Hassmann
• Position: Balsillie School of International Affairs Wilfrid Laurier University
• Pages: 627-636

e Indonesian Journal of International & Comparative Law

ISSN: 2338-7602; E-ISSN: 2338-770X

http://www.ijil.org

© 2014 e Institute for Migrant Rights Press

rst published online 5 March 2014

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A DEFENSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL

HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME

RHODA E. HOWARD-HASSMANN

Balsillie School of International Affairs Wilfrid Laurier University

E-mail: hassmann@wlu.ca

I. INTRODUCTION

A common criticism of the international human rights regime is that

it is overly Western and liberal. Often this is phrased as a “third world”

or “southern” critique of human rights, or as an “African,” “Asian” or

“Muslim” critique.1 Some scholars of indigenous societies and their

interactions with the international human rights regime also believe

this: in this article, I analyze the arguments made by one such Canadian

scholar, Peter Kulchyski.

1. R E. H, H R   S  C 86-101

(1995).