Universal Rights, Systemic Violations, and Cultural Relativism in Morocco

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Osire Glacier

   Pages 1-12

3. The Multiple Actors Present at the Origin of the Convention Against Torture

   • Osire Glacier

   Pages 13-22

4. Internal Politics behind the Moroccan State’s Disinterest in a Definition for Torture

   • Osire Glacier

   Pages 23-39

5. The Use of Cultural Relativism for the Purpose of Delegitimizing Fundamental Rights

   • Osire Glacier

   Pages 41-60

6. Colonialism as a Policy of Resistance to Human Rights Law

   • Osire Glacier

   Pages 61-75

7. Human Rights Law as a Tool for International Solidarity

   • Osire Glacier

   Pages 77-97

8. Torture Persists Despite the Constitutional Reforms of 2011

   • Osire Glacier

   Pages 99-114

9. Conclusion

   • Osire Glacier

   Pages 115-119

10. Epilogue

    • Alex Neve

    Pages 121-124

11. Back Matter

    Pages 125-184

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Are universal rights bound to colonialism? Are they culturally imperialistic? By juxtaposing Morocco's practice of torture with its discourse of cultural relativism, this study links popular resistance to universal rights to a deliberate politics that delegitimizes those very same rights, requiring a new, more inclusive system of universalism.

• constitution
• fundamental rights
• human rights
• human rights law
• law
• policy
• politics
• reforms

to come

Osire Glacier is Professor in the Department of History and the Department of Political Science and International Studies at Bishop's University, Canada. She is the author of the book Political Women in Morocco, Then and Now.

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