Putting traditional values into practice: Russia’s anti-gay laws
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08/11/2013
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Resumo |
This article examines the rise of so-called anti-gay laws in Russia as a response to international Russian-led support for using “traditional values” as the foundation for human rights norms. Viewed in this way, a logic of moral sovereignty emerges that purports to offer a compromise between international human rights obligations and local socio-cultural norms. However, in the case of anti-gay laws, moral panic over LGBTQ people has made homophobia a political proxy for understandings of traditional values, in the process implicitly legitimizing homophobic violence and discrimination, and setting a dangerous precedent for traditional values to be invoked as a justification for violations of human rights norms. |
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eng |
Publicador |
ETH Zurich |
Relação |
http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30057923/wilkinson-puttingtraditional-2013.pdf http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30057923/wilkinson-puttingtraditional-evid-2013.pdf http://www.css.ethz.ch/publications/DetailansichtPubDB_EN?rec_id=2759 |
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2013, ETH Zurich |
Palavras-Chave | #anti-gay laws #human rights norms #Russia #homophobia |
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Journal Article |