Decolonization and Human Rights: The Dutch Case

Human rights and decolonization have a complicated relationship. From their inception in the mid-20th century as normative features of the nation-state, human rights co-existed with imperial colonial systems. As aspirational values molded on the Western philosophical tradition, human rights also served as empowering tools in the moment of decolonization while simultaneously hampering claims to national independence. This is why, in the engagement with the ongoing legacies of colonialism, we have embarked on this symposium to examine human rights both as a language of critique and as a constitu... Mehr ...

Verfasser: León Castellanos-Jankiewicz
Wiebe Hommes
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Reihe/Periodikum: Verfassungsblog, Iss 2366-7044
Verlag/Hrsg.: Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbH
Schlagwörter: colonialism / Decolonization / Human Rights / Law / K
Sprache: Deutsch
Englisch
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Human rights and decolonization have a complicated relationship. From their inception in the mid-20th century as normative features of the nation-state, human rights co-existed with imperial colonial systems. As aspirational values molded on the Western philosophical tradition, human rights also served as empowering tools in the moment of decolonization while simultaneously hampering claims to national independence. This is why, in the engagement with the ongoing legacies of colonialism, we have embarked on this symposium to examine human rights both as a language of critique and as a constitutive part of the imperial legacy.