DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS FROM ITS CONTEMPORARY MAIN CRITICS
DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS FROM ITS CONTEMPORARY MAIN CRITICS

Summary/Abstract: In present days, the concept of human rights is challenged by new strong critiques such as cultural relativism, state sovereignty and counterterrorist war. The article argues that the tensions between internationally recognized human rights and these contemporary critiques should be weighed in favour of the former. It analyses these tensions and challenges the main counterarguments. Finally, it presents some solutions provided by the international law to these problems.

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