...might be relative to cultural particularities. And, indeed, the Vienna Declaration acknowledges that "the significance of national and regional particularities...cultural and religious backgrounds must be borne in mind .. .".Jack Donnelly's cautionary note is sound: "Political histories, cultural legacies, economic conditions,...

...universality of human rights as being 'beyond question', the Vienna Declaration of 1993 noted that 'the significance of national and regional particularities...and religious backgrounds must be borne in mind'. 21 The Beijing Declaration of 1995 added that implementation is the sovereign responsibility of each...

...considered in the context of a dynamic and evolving process of international normsetting, bearing in mind the significance of national and regional particularities...various historical, cultural and religious backgrounds. 10. Reaffirmed} the interdependence and indivisibility of economic, social cultural, civil and political...

...fundamental freedoms regardless of their political, economic and cultural systems but taking into account the significance of national and regional particularities...various historical, cultural and religious backgrounds. 80 The 'prerogative', given to States places a risk on the recognition of the universality of fundamental...

...follows: "While the significance of national and regional particularities and various historical, culmral and religious backgrounds must be borne in mind, it...States, regardless of their political, economic and culmral systems, to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms."1 Further on, the...

...fundamental freedoms of all women is essential for the empowerment of women.'" However, it continued, the 'significance of national and regional particularities...cultural and religious backgrounds must be borne in mind' and, in what has been described as a 'leap of faith',"8 it was opined that 'full respect for various...

...Asian states agreed that human rights need to be considered in a context that takes into consideration "the significance of national and regional particularities...various historical, cultural and religious backgrounds". He succinctly argues that the moral relativist position turns out to be unsustainable for the following...

...considered in the context of a dynamic and evolving process of international normsetting, bearing in mind the significance of national and regional particularities...various historical, cultural and religious backgrounds" (Paragraph 8). It also recognized that states had "the primary responsibility for the promotion and...

...rights and fundamental freedoms'. even though the text also states that it is essential to bear in mind 'the significance of national and regional particularities and various historicaL cultural and religious backgrounds'.5 In the same spirit. the Secretary General of the United Nations wrote in a message marking...

...must be considered in the context of a dynamic and evolving process of norm setting, bearing in mind the significance of national and regional particularities and various historical, cultural and religious backgrounds.41 While this emphasis on placing "universal" rights in "context" may appear to legitimize...