Human Rights Across Cultures
Mathias Risse
Sixty years after the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, human rights and the human rights culture have been and continue to be studied from numerous angles across disciplines. But even among those who do not share the more skeptical views on the human rights regime, important normative questions about their foundations (e.g., the reasons why one would be entitled or obligated to intervene on behalf of distant strangers) and function in the developing global order remain perplexing. This seminar series will examine the impact of the human rights regime, commencing with a talk on human rights in China in October 2008 followed by a seminar on human rights in Africa and Islam.