Fragmentation et droits de l`homme: contre le droits-de-l'hommisme intégral

Prost, M

Abstract

Does the absence of legal unity challenge the universality of human rights? Is the systematic integration of human rights in other branches of law a remedy to fragmentation? This article offers a critique of « integral human-rightism », i.e. the project that seeks to treat every social problem as a rights question and that promotes the mainstreaming of human rights as a regulating mechanism for managing legal pluralism. The article argues that, in order to preserve human rights’ revolutionary potential, rights fetishism must be avoided, instead advocating a tactical, critical and political use of human rights.

Citation

Prost, M. (2018). Fragmentation et droits de l`homme: contre le droits-de-l'hommisme intégral. https://doi.org/10.4000/revdh.5500

• Acceptance Date: Dec 15, 2018
• Publication Date: Jan 18, 2018
• Journal: Revue des Droits de l'Homme
• Print ISSN: 2264-119X
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/revdh.5500
• Keywords: human-rightism, liberalism, fragmentation, pluralism, critical approaches, indeterminacy, mainstreaming, root causes, false contingency, paradox, dilemma
• Publisher URL: http://journals.openedition.org/revdh/5500