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natural
rights given because we’re human
independent and pre eminent of legal recognition
grounded in natural reasoning, God and human dignity
primarily create negative obligations on the state (e.g do not torture)
key scholars: Donnelly, Gerwith, Goodale
deliberate
rights agreed upon through politics, constitutional processes, and democratic deliberation
focus on constitutional law, democratic procedures and fair decision making
rights function as frameworks for political decision making rather than inherent moral values
key scholars: Ignatieff, Habermas
protest
rights emerge through social struggles against injustice
focus on oppression, inequality, activism and social movement
human rights law can become bureaucratic/elistist as institutions may dilute radical human rights goals
key scholars: Derrida, Stammers, Baxi, Nash
discourse
rights exist as political discourse/language
not real moral truths and function as rhetoric frameworks for political claims
may reinforce Western liberal ideology, obscure power relations, and support global capitalism/imperialism
key scholars: Mutua, MacIntyre