Politics & Government
Post-Colonial Critiques of Universal Human Rights Frameworks
Quick fact
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) was drafted without the participation of most of the then-colonized world, and many post-colonial scholars argue that its principles still reflect a Western liberal individualism that can be imposed onto non-Western societies.
Why this is interesting
The rights we treat as universal may not be as universal as they seem. What if they carry the hidden fingerprints of empire?