Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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I. "Universality vs. relativity" in human rights

1. The scope of "universality" of human rights.

2. Problematic features of the theory of the universal origin of human rights.

II. Conditions for globally legitimate standards and frameworks of human rights

1. Human rights as the most effective means for protecting the values and interests of individuals against sovereign states and the capitalist economy.

2. Liberation from west-centrism.

3. Liberation from liberty-centrism.

4. Liberation from individualism.

III. The search for trans-civilizational human rights

1. Significance of current international human rights norms.

2. Modification and supplementation of international human rights norms from a transnational perspective.

3. Modification and supplementation of international human rights norms from a trans-civilizational perspective.

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