The globalisation of universal human rights and the Middle East

Thesis

The goal of this study is to generate a more holistic picture of the diffusion and assimilation of universal human rights norms in diverse cultural and political settings such as the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The overarching question to be investigated in this thesis is the relationship between the evolving international human rights regime and the emerging human rights normative and legal culture in the Middle East. This question will be investigated in detail with reference to regional human rights schemes such as the Arab Charter of Human Rights, as well as local human rights developments in three Middle Eastern states, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Having gauged the take-up of human rights norms on the ground at the local and regional levels, the thesis examines in full the extent of socialisation and internalisation of human rights norms across the Middle East region at large.

Authors: Hosseinioun, M; Dr Mishana Hosseinioun

• Publication date: 2014
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Arab Charter of Human Rights; United Arab Emirates; MENA; Globalisation; Dubai; Islam; Gulf Cooperation Council; Transnational Activist Networks; Regionalism; UN Human Rights Council; Arab League; Middle East; North Africa; Egypt; Arab Awakening; Women's Rights; Human Rights; Arab Spring; Norm Diffusion; Iran; Cultural Relativism; Universalism
• Subjects: Civil society; International studies; International,imperial and global history; Globalisation; Transnationalism and diaspora; Social justice; Governance and ethics; History of other areas; Middle East; Transnationalism; Human rights; Comparative Law; Art; Islam