“Human rights” in dispute: State violence and demands for justice in a comparative perspective

This paper proposes a reflection on the “human rights” category, as a native category, endowed with local and specific meanings. Therefore, it utilizes a comparative perspective by contrast on the uses and meanings of the “state violence” category and the building of processes demanding justice in R...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:c8cb4f43318546b5bedb4037a8708fad2021-12-01T08:40:33Z“Human rights” in dispute: State violence and demands for justice in a comparative perspective2079-5971https://doaj.org/article/c8cb4f43318546b5bedb4037a8708fad2021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1230https://doaj.org/toc/2079-5971This paper proposes a reflection on the “human rights” category, as a native category, endowed with local and specific meanings. Therefore, it utilizes a comparative perspective by contrast on the uses and meanings of the “state violence” category and the building of processes demanding justice in Rio de Janeiro, in comparison to Buenos Aires. Specifically, it focuses on the ethnography produced after the murder of Rio's alderwoman Marielle Franco, to propose the notion of “attack on human rights”, showing how the category has been built through an antagonistic logic in Rio de Janeiro. Este artículo propone una reflexión sobre la categoría “derechos humanos” en cuanto categoría nativa, dotada de sentidos locales y particulares. Para ello, se vale de una perspectiva comparada sobre los usos y sentidos de la categoría violencia de estado y sobre la construcción de los procesos de demanda por justicia en Brasil en contraste con Buenos Aires. Específicamente, se detiene en la etnografía producida a partir del asesinato de la concejala carioca Marielle Franco para proponer la noción de “embate a los derechos humanos”, demostrando cómo la categoría, en Río de Janeiro, se ha ido construyendo a través de una lógica antagónica. Available from: https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1182Lucia EilbaumOñati International Institute for the Sociology of Lawarticlehuman rightsstate violencedemands for justiceethnographyderechos humanosviolencia de estadodemandas por justiciaetnografíaSocial legislationK7585-7595ENESEUFRPTOñati Socio-Legal Series, Vol 11, Iss 6, Pp 1292-1310 (2021)
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language EN
ES
EU
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topic human rights
state violence
demands for justice
ethnography
derechos humanos
violencia de estado
demandas por justicia
etnografía
Social legislation
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spellingShingle human rights
state violence
demands for justice
ethnography
derechos humanos
violencia de estado
demandas por justicia
etnografía
Social legislation
K7585-7595
Lucia Eilbaum
“Human rights” in dispute: State violence and demands for justice in a comparative perspective
description This paper proposes a reflection on the “human rights” category, as a native category, endowed with local and specific meanings. Therefore, it utilizes a comparative perspective by contrast on the uses and meanings of the “state violence” category and the building of processes demanding justice in Rio de Janeiro, in comparison to Buenos Aires. Specifically, it focuses on the ethnography produced after the murder of Rio's alderwoman Marielle Franco, to propose the notion of “attack on human rights”, showing how the category has been built through an antagonistic logic in Rio de Janeiro. Este artículo propone una reflexión sobre la categoría “derechos humanos” en cuanto categoría nativa, dotada de sentidos locales y particulares. Para ello, se vale de una perspectiva comparada sobre los usos y sentidos de la categoría violencia de estado y sobre la construcción de los procesos de demanda por justicia en Brasil en contraste con Buenos Aires. Específicamente, se detiene en la etnografía producida a partir del asesinato de la concejala carioca Marielle Franco para proponer la noción de “embate a los derechos humanos”, demostrando cómo la categoría, en Río de Janeiro, se ha ido construyendo a través de una lógica antagónica. Available from: https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1182
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