caa a22 4500 388102985 CHVBK 20180307125328.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130s1999 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0021855300008731 doi S0021855300008731 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0021855300008731 Ejidike Okey Martin Human rights in the cultural traditions and social practice of the Igbo of south-eastern Nigeria [Elektronische Daten] [Okey Martin Ejidike] One of the crucial theoretical problems confronting human rights is the perception of its historical derivation related to the universal or relative character of the rights declared. Limited views on the origin of the concept are widespread and easily exploited to stymie die quest for human rights. Cultural-monopolist derivations of its origin have fed relativist but apologist arguments in developing countries. A cultural-universalist conception is not only possible but preferable. A contrary position would both contradict and deter the cause of human rights. To arrogate the concept to some groups, cultures and civilizations to die exclusion of others would be deleterious to the momentum toward universal consensus on human rights in at least two major ways. It would harden or ossify divisive tendencies and provide ammunition for apologist justification of violations. Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies 1999 Journal of African Law Cambridge University Press 43/1(1999), 71-98 0021-8553 43:1<71 1999 43 JAL https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021855300008731 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021855300008731 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Ejidike Okey Martin NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of African Law Cambridge University Press 43/1(1999), 71-98 0021-8553 43:1<71 1999 43 JAL CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge