Embracing international human rights law: the Malaysian experience in navigating the dual quality of international law

International human rights law, as with the setting up of the United Nations at the end of the Second World War, promises the dignity and worth of the human person of nations large and small. International human rights law is supposed to save the world population from the scourge of war, despots...

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Main Author:	Shuaib, Farid Sufian
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Language:	English English
Published:	IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia 2019
Subjects:	K Law (General) KZ Law of Nations
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spelling	iium-794462020-03-06T06:20:21Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/79446/ Embracing international human rights law: the Malaysian experience in navigating the dual quality of international law Shuaib, Farid Sufian K Law (General) KZ Law of Nations International human rights law, as with the setting up of the United Nations at the end of the Second World War, promises the dignity and worth of the human person of nations large and small. International human rights law is supposed to save the world population from the scourge of war, despots and other miseries. The international legal order after the end of the Second World War also promises equal sovereignty where all states are equal under international law in spite of inequality of population size, resources and military might. International human rights law thus applies to all states, to protect all populations. International human rights law has been used to liberate colonies and to protect people from oppression. The universal nature of international human rights law means that it applies to all nations large and small. However, the very fact that it is universal is also troublesome when in its application, the Eurocentric understanding of human rights is imposed on all. This article looks both at the acceptance of Malaysia of international human rights law and her schemes in determining the place for universalism in the application of the law. IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/79446/1/79446_EMBRACING%20INTERNATIONAL%20HUMAN%20RIGHTS_article.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/79446/2/79446_EMBRACING%20INTERNATIONAL%20HUMAN%20RIGHTS_wos.pdf Shuaib, Farid Sufian (2019) Embracing international human rights law: the Malaysian experience in navigating the dual quality of international law. IIUM Law Journal, 27 (2). 265 -277. ISSN 0128-2530 E-ISSN 2289-7852 https://journals.iium.edu.my/iiumlj/index.php/iiumlj/article/view/504
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description	International human rights law, as with the setting up of the United Nations at the end of the Second World War, promises the dignity and worth of the human person of nations large and small. International human rights law is supposed to save the world population from the scourge of war, despots and other miseries. The international legal order after the end of the Second World War also promises equal sovereignty where all states are equal under international law in spite of inequality of population size, resources and military might. International human rights law thus applies to all states, to protect all populations. International human rights law has been used to liberate colonies and to protect people from oppression. The universal nature of international human rights law means that it applies to all nations large and small. However, the very fact that it is universal is also troublesome when in its application, the Eurocentric understanding of human rights is imposed on all. This article looks both at the acceptance of Malaysia of international human rights law and her schemes in determining the place for universalism in the application of the law.
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author	Shuaib, Farid Sufian
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title	Embracing international human rights law: the Malaysian experience in navigating the dual quality of international law
title_short	Embracing international human rights law: the Malaysian experience in navigating the dual quality of international law
title_full	Embracing international human rights law: the Malaysian experience in navigating the dual quality of international law
title_fullStr	Embracing international human rights law: the Malaysian experience in navigating the dual quality of international law
title_full_unstemmed	Embracing international human rights law: the Malaysian experience in navigating the dual quality of international law
title_sort	embracing international human rights law: the malaysian experience in navigating the dual quality of international law
publisher	IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate	2019
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/79446/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/79446/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/79446/1/79446_EMBRACING%20INTERNATIONAL%20HUMAN%20RIGHTS_article.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/79446/2/79446_EMBRACING%20INTERNATIONAL%20HUMAN%20RIGHTS_wos.pdf
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