Abstract
The rhetoric of human rights declares the idea to be universal
(Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948), this claim
inevitably poses a serious challenge when one tries to
theorize human rights. In response to human right law’s selfproclaimed Universality and Neutrality, two major critiques
have been developed which deny the truth of this
assumption, namely Feminist and Cultural relativist. This
article looks at the universality claim of human rights law from
the feminist perspective, according to which, the human
rights discourse is an extension of a gendered international
legal system that fails to take into consideration the voices of
women (Gottschalk, n.d.: 1). The article also explores the
stance of cultural relativists on human rights law and shed
light on the extent to which it is detrimental to feminist
approaches.
Keywords: Public/Private dichotomy, Universalism/Cultural Relativism,
Gender bias, Women’s Human rights, Feminists
Shazia Qureshi. (2012) Feminist Analysis of Human Rights Law, Journal of Political Studies, Volume 19, Issue 2.
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