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Contents
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Introduction: universality, cultural diversity and cultural rights in 2018 and beyond . . . . . . . .
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Legal standards and frameworks on universality and diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Relevant international human rights standards on universality and cultural diversity . . .
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Other international and regional standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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National court cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Universality: at the heart of human rights culture and at the centre of the counter -attack
against human rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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III.
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Today’s complex reality: attacks on the concept of universality and advances in its
realization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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A universal human rights culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Cultural relativism: deconstructing humanity in the name of culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Strengthening the universality, indivisibility and interdependence of human rights by
implementing cultural rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Conclusions and recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Towards a global history of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Annex
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