“Human rights” in dispute

This paper proposes a reflection on the “human rights” category, as a native category, endowed with local and specific meanings. Therefore, it utilizes a comparative perspective by contrast on the uses and meanings of the “state violence” category and the building of processes demanding justice in R...

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Main Author: Lucia Eilbaum
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Language:English
Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2021-12-01
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Online Access:https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1230
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description This paper proposes a reflection on the “human rights” category, as a native category, endowed with local and specific meanings. Therefore, it utilizes a comparative perspective by contrast on the uses and meanings of the “state violence” category and the building of processes demanding justice in Rio de Janeiro, in comparison to Buenos Aires. Specifically, it focuses on the ethnography produced after the murder of Rio's alderwoman Marielle Franco, to propose the notion of “attack on human rights”, showing how the category has been built through an antagonistic logic in Rio de Janeiro.
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spelling doaj-art-c8cb4f43318546b5bedb4037a8708fad2025-08-20T01:53:34ZengOñati International Institute for the Sociology of LawOñati Socio-Legal Series2079-59712021-12-011161292131010.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-11822149“Human rights” in disputeLucia Eilbaum0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8948-0108Universidade Federal Fluminense / Universidad de Buenos AiresThis paper proposes a reflection on the “human rights” category, as a native category, endowed with local and specific meanings. Therefore, it utilizes a comparative perspective by contrast on the uses and meanings of the “state violence” category and the building of processes demanding justice in Rio de Janeiro, in comparison to Buenos Aires. Specifically, it focuses on the ethnography produced after the murder of Rio's alderwoman Marielle Franco, to propose the notion of “attack on human rights”, showing how the category has been built through an antagonistic logic in Rio de Janeiro.https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1230human rightsstate violencedemands for justiceethnography
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human rights
state violence
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ethnography
title “Human rights” in dispute
title_full “Human rights” in dispute
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demands for justice
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url https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1230
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