This position holds it is hard to say whether the West still values human rights, because promoting them globally is genuinely complicated. It points to the difficulty of punishing states that flout their obligations, debates over civil versus cultural rights, and the limits on interfering abroad.
Supporting arguments · 3
- The West can't interfere in others' domestic affairsThere is the fine line between human rights cooperation and infringe on autonomy.
- Denial of human rights obligations is difficult to punishThe effectiveness of measures, such as sanctions, and under what conditions, is debatable.
- The importance of civil vs cultural rights is debatedInternational norms are contradicting local cultural or social values sometimes.