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100	1		_aAfshari, Reza.
245	1	0	_aHuman rights in Iran : _bthe abuse of cultural relativism / _cReza Afshari.
260			_aPhiladelphia, PA : _bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, _c2011.
300			_axxiii, 409 pages ; _c24 cm.
490	1		_aPennsylvania studies in human rights
500			_aRepublished with a new afterword.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 395-402) and index.
505	0	0	_gCh. 1. _tIslamic Cultural Relativism in Human Rights Discourse --- _tCh. 2. _tThe Shiite Theocracy --- _gCh. 3. _tThe Right to Life --- _gCh. 4. _tThe Right to Freedom from Torture --- _gCh. 5. _tThe Right to Liberty and Security of Person and to Freedom from Arbitrary Arrest --- _gCh. 6. _tThe Right to a Fair Trial --- _gCh. 7. _tThe Right to Freedom of Conscience, Thought, and Religion --- _gCh. 8. _tRenounce Your Conscience or Face Death: The Prison Massacre of 1988 --- _gCh. 9. _tThe Right to Freedom of Thought, Conscience, and Religion: Iranian Religious Minorities --- _gCh. 10. _tOfficial Responses to the United Nations: Countering the Charges of Violations in the 1980s --- _gCh. 11. _tChange of Tactics After Ayatollah Khomeini's Death --- _gCh. 12. _tThe Special Representative's Meetings with the Judiciary and Security Officials --- _gCh. 13. _tThe Right to Freedom of Opinion, Expression, and the Press --- _gCh. 14. _tThe Most Revealing Cases of Violations of the Right to Freedom of Expression and the Press --- _gCh. 15. _tThe Rights to Participate in the Political Life of the Country and to Peaceful Assembly and Association --- _gCh. 16. _tThe Rights of Women --- _gCh. 17. _tUN Monitoring, 1984-2000: Mixed Results --- _gConclusion.
520			_aAre the principles set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights truly universal? Or, as some have argued, are they derived exclusively from Western philosophic traditions and therefore irrelevant to many non-Western cultures? Should a state's claims to indigenous traditions, and not international covenants, determine the scope of rights granted to its citizens? In his strong defense of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Reza Afshari contends that the moral vision embodied in this and other agreements is a proper response to the abuses of the modern state. Asserting that the most serious violations of human rights by state rulers are motivated by political and economic factors rather than the purported concern for cultural authenticity, Afshari examines one particular state that has claimed cultural exception to the universality of human rights, the Islamic Republic of Iran. In his revealing case study, Afshari investigates how Islamic culture and Iranian politics since the fall of the Shah have affected human rights policy in that state. He exposes the human rights violations committed by ruling clerics in Iran since the Revolution, showing that Iran has behaved remarkably like other authoritarian governments in its human rights abuses. For over two decades, Iran has systematically jailed, tortured, and executed dissidents without due process of law and assassinated political opponents outside state borders. Furthermore, like other oppressive states, Iran has regularly denied and countered the charges made by United Nations human rights monitors, defending its acts as authentic cultural practices. Throughout his study, Afshari addresses Iran's claims of cultural relativism, a controversial thesis in the intense ongoing debate over the universality of human rights. In prison memoirs he uncovers the actual human rights abuses committed by the Islamic Republic and the sociopolitical conditions that cause or permit them. Finally, Afshari turns to little-read UN reports that reveal that the dynamics of power between UN human rights monitors and Iranian leaders have proven ineffective at enforcing human rights policy in Iran. -- Back cover.
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