Table of contents
1. Abstract;
2. Chapter 1- ;
1.1 Introduction;
1.2 Aims and Objectives;
1.3 Hypothesis;
1.4 Research Questions;
1.5 Statement of Problem;
1.6 Significance of Study;
1.7 Research Methodology;
1.8 Mode of Citation;
1.9 Limitation;
1.10 Chapterization;
1.11 Literature Review;
3. Chapter 2 – The Universality of Human Rights;
2.1 Meaning of Human Rights;
2.2 Universal Declaration of Human Rights ;
2.2.1 Background;
2.2.2 History of UDHR;
2.3 The Concept of Universality in Human Rights;
4. Chapter 3 – The Concept of Cultural Relativism;
3.1 Meaning and Concept;
3.2 International Law and its Relationship with Cultural Relativism;
3.2.1 Structure of International Law;
3.2.2 Human Rights Conventions;
3.3 Moral Philosophy and its Relationship with Cultural Relativism;
3.4 The Asian Values Criticism of Universalism;
5. Chapter 4 – Cultural Relativism & Feminism- The Indisputable Friction;
4.1 Meaning and Concept of Feminism;
4.2 Feminist Critique of International Human Rights ;
4.2.1 Liberal Feminists;
4.2.2 Cultural Feminists;
4.2.3 Radical Feminists;
4.3 Feminism and Cultural Relativism- Two Conflicting Views;
4.3.1 Harmful Cultural Practices;
4.3.2 The Superiority of Feminism;
4.3.3 Women’s Rights Criticism of Cultural Relativism;
i. Reservations to the CEDAW;
ii. The United Nations Universal Periodic Review and Women’s Rights ;
iii. Female Genital Mutilation- A Serious Concern in the discussion of Women’s Rights & Cultural Relativism;
6. Chapter 5 – Towards a Constructive Approach;
5.1 Convergence between Feminism & Cultural Relativism;
5.2 Balancing the Remaining Conflicts;
5.2.1 Concretization of the Human Rights System;
5.2.2 Defining Conflicts in Legal Terminology;
i. The Rights Conflict;
ii. Viewing Interests as Rights and Limitations;
iii. Interpretation;
5.2.3 Starting with the Individual;
7. Chapter 6 – Conclusion;
8. Bibliography.