TY - JOUR
T1 - Human rights perfectionism and the UK’s counter-terrorist prevent duty
AU - Greer, Steven
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - Regrettably, complaints about human rights violation are not always free from myth, misconception, misunderstanding, misinformation or muddled thinking, a problem graphically illustrated by the current campaign against the UK’s counter-terrorist ‘Prevent duty’. This article maintains that, in order to avoid such difficulties, human rights scholars and activists need to develop a more consistent commitment to ‘human rights realism’, the broad characteristics of which are outlined.
AB - Regrettably, complaints about human rights violation are not always free from myth, misconception, misunderstanding, misinformation or muddled thinking, a problem graphically illustrated by the current campaign against the UK’s counter-terrorist ‘Prevent duty’. This article maintains that, in order to avoid such difficulties, human rights scholars and activists need to develop a more consistent commitment to ‘human rights realism’, the broad characteristics of which are outlined.
KW - Human rights, counter-terrorism, Prevent
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85065493580&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3318/isia.2018.29.14
DO - 10.3318/isia.2018.29.14
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
AN - SCOPUS:85065493580
VL - 29
SP - 217
EP - 226
JO - Irish Studies in International Affairs
JF - Irish Studies in International Affairs
SN - 0332-1460
ER -