[ARTICLE_2016] De-ReConstructing the Universality of HR (AM - preprint).pdf (267.77 kB)
LGBT rights versus Asian values: de/re-constructing the universality of human rights
journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-09, 02:02 authored by Po-Han LeeLaw, especially from the international human rights regime, is a direct reference on which minority groups rely when it comes to ‘non-discrimination’. Drawing upon LGBT rights in Taiwan, as well as Hong Kong and Singapore, this article – through an application of K.H. Chen’s (2010) Asia as Method – critically reviews how global LGBT politics interact with local societies influenced by Confucianism. Along a perpetual competition between the universalism and cultural relativism of human rights, this article not only identifies the pitfalls of ‘Asian values’ from a cosmopolitan perspective but also contributes to a queered approach to human rights-holders against homonationalism.
History
Publication status
- Published
File Version
- Accepted version
Journal
International Journal of Human RightsISSN
1364-2987Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
Issue
7Volume
20Page range
978-992Department affiliated with
- Law Publications
Full text available
- Yes
Peer reviewed?
- Yes