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Human rights in Iran : the abuse of cultural relativism /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Afshari, Reza
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2001]
Series:Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
Subjects:
Human rights > Iran.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Islamic cultural relativism in human rights discourse
  • The Shiite theocracy
  • The right of life
  • The right to freedom from torture
  • The right to liberty and security of person and to freedom from arbitrary arrest
  • The right to a fair trial
  • The right to freedom of conscience, thought, and religion
  • Renounce your conscience or face death: the prison massacre of 1988
  • The right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion: Iranian religious minorities
  • Official responses to the United Nations: countering the charges of violations in the 1980s
  • Change of tactics after Ayatollah Khomeini's death
  • The special representative's meeting with the judiciary and security officials
  • The right to freedom of opinion, expression, and the press
  • The most revealing cases of violations of the right to freedom of expression and the press
  • The rights to participate in the political life of the country and to peaceful assembly and association
  • The rights of women
  • UN monitoring, 1984-2000: mixed results.