Nash, Kate. 2005. Human rights culture: solidarity, diversity and the right to be different. Citizenship studies, 9(4), pp. 335-348. ISSN Print 1362-1025 ; Online 1469-3593 [Article]

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The concept of a human rights culture has been crucial to the incorporation of the European Convention of Human Rights into UK law. In this paper media and activist representations of human rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender human rights are considered as indicative of an emerging human rights culture, especially around the Civil Partnerships Act 2004. A typology of representations of rights is developed and discussed. It is concluded that insofar as there is an emerging human rights culture, it is one that is concerned above all with creating and maintaining civic relationships rather than with the assertion of individual liberty, and as inviting political compromise rather than a principled stance on universal human rights.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1080/13621020500211305
Keywords:	lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights; activists; media representations; law; UK Human Rights Act
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Sociology
Dates:	Date Event 2005 Published
Item ID:	90
Date Deposited:	13 Apr 2007
Last Modified:	29 Apr 2020 15:28
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/90

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