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LL. B, LL.M (Public International Law)
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The rights of women as a distinctive form of right have recently gained momentum albeit with cont... more The rights of women as a distinctive form of right have recently gained momentum albeit with controversy. The fundamental issue here lays in the understanding that human rights are supposed to be universal; and an accommodative move to afford special privilege for women merely based on their sex is obnoxious. Proponents for special form of women rights prefer to use the term gender than sex to back the position 'it's not discriminatory’. The simple logic but fundamental in serving as a hypothesis for this short article is that: If women are human, then their rights should be universal and if they demand special rights then those rights are not human rights. The consequence is then far reaching as many international human rights instruments deals with human right per se.
The rights of women as a distinctive form of right have recently gained momentum albeit with cont... more The rights of women as a distinctive form of right have recently gained momentum albeit with controversy. The fundamental issue here lays in the understanding that human rights are supposed to be universal; and an accommodative move to afford special privilege for women merely based on their sex is obnoxious. Proponents for special form of women rights prefer to use the term gender than sex to back the position 'it's not discriminatory’. The simple logic but fundamental in serving as a hypothesis for this short article is that: If women are human, then their rights should be universal and if they demand special rights then those rights are not human rights. The consequence is then far reaching as many international human rights instruments deals with human right per se.