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The Human Rights Situation in Tibet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2019

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It is known world-wide that there are human rights abuses in Tibet. In this paper I wish to discuss why these abuses arise, and how they can be put to an end. This will be analyzed with the help of theories laid down by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im, a Sudanese expert on human rights and international law, and Boaventura de Sousa Santos, a Portuguese expert in the sociology of law.

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Research Article
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Copyright © 1996 by the International Association of Law Libraries 

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