The future of the universality of human rights and the “cultural argument”

Is the future of the universality of human rights and the “cultural argument” in danger?

Belonging to a culture, an ethnic group or a community is often invoked as a criticism of the recognition of the universality of human rights. Far from confining themselves to the argument that cultural identity is a limit to universality, our speakers — academics and human rights defenders — think of the “cultural argument” as a method and a condition for the recognition and guarantee of the universality of human rights.

– Céline Lageot and J.-J Sueur, professor of public law at the University of Poitiers, CECOJI and professor of public law emeritus at the University of Toulon, directors of a book on L’analyse par cas : une méthode pour le droit comparé des libertés ? LGDJ, 2021

– Antoine Madelin, advocacy director, FIDH

– Alice Mogwe, President of FIDH

– Livia Holden, Director of Research CNRS, Panthéon Sorbonne

See you on May at 5:30 pm

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