Human rights in a globalized world
- At 26 March, 2013
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IS THE STATE-CENTRIC CONCEPTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS SUITABLE FOR A GLOBALIZED WORLD? A RESPONSE TO CRISTINA LAFONT
[¿La concepción estado-céntrica de los derechos humanos es adecuada para un mundo globalizado? Una respuesta a Cristina Lafont]
Julio Montero
National Research Council of Argentina
Buenos Aires University
Political Philosophy Group
jmnormandia@gmail.com
Miñones 2073, C1428ATE, CABA, Argentina
ABSTRACT
In her article “Human Rights and the Legitimacy of Global Governance Institutions” published in this volume of RLPF, Cristina Lafont argues that in order to impose human rights obligations to global governance institutions, the state-centric conception of human rights that pervades current international politics must be replaced by an alternative, pluralist account. In this response I claim that, when properly interpreted, the state-centric conception is not only perfectly compatible with imposing on global governance institutions the kind of obligations Lafont has in mind, but may also lead us to a better understanding of the nature of these responsibilities in a globalized world.
Key words:Cosmopolitanism, Human rights, States, Political authority, Responsibility
