2013
DOI: 10.1057/ejdr.2013.46
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Can Legal Pluralism Advance Human Rights? How International Development Actors Can Contribute

Abstract: This article discusses how international development actors providing aid to the justice sector in legally plural contexts can support reforms to the normative framework for legal pluralism that contribute to advancing human rights. Based on the case of Mozambique, the article argues that reforms to the normative framework for legal pluralism should be grounded on empirical realities of legal pluralism and their human rights implications. The article suggests that international development actors can contribut… Show more

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“…In recent years, the intersection between human rights and legal pluralism has been investigated from a wide range of perspectives, including the relationship between the two concepts (Corradi 2014;Provost and Sheppard 2013;Von Benda-Beckmann 2009), the conditions under which legal pluralism may promote or undermine human rights (Provost and Sheppard 2013;Quane 2013;ICHRP 2009), and the various connections between human rights and indigenous, customary, religious and informal law (Gómez Isa 2014;Provost and Sheppard 2013;Sezgin 2011;Farran 2006). Within the subfield of women's rights, important insights have been generated regarding the interplay between international standards and legal pluralities.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In recent years, the intersection between human rights and legal pluralism has been investigated from a wide range of perspectives, including the relationship between the two concepts (Corradi 2014;Provost and Sheppard 2013;Von Benda-Beckmann 2009), the conditions under which legal pluralism may promote or undermine human rights (Provost and Sheppard 2013;Quane 2013;ICHRP 2009), and the various connections between human rights and indigenous, customary, religious and informal law (Gómez Isa 2014;Provost and Sheppard 2013;Sezgin 2011;Farran 2006). Within the subfield of women's rights, important insights have been generated regarding the interplay between international standards and legal pluralities.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%