Title: International Human Rights Law in Japan: The Cultural Factor Revisited
Abstract: The persistence of the debate opposing universality of human rights and cultural relativism explains that many problems met when implementing human rights in a non-Western country are given a "cultural" reason. Japan has been described for decades as being "unique" by sources both outside and within the country. This has contributed to a viewpoint where human rights standards, if not the rule of law itself, are seen as being largely alien to the Japanese system, society and individuals. Therefore, human rights violations are seen as defensible, or at least understandable, or even downright inevitable and enduring.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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