Citation

Mackay RE. Int. Rev. Victimology 1996; 4(3): 183-194.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, World Society of Victimology, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/026975809600400302

PMID

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Abstract

This paper addresses the issues of the place of rights in current discourse about victims. It is argued that the adoption of a rights approach can provide resources to challenge individual and systematic victimisation. It examines a number of different rights theories through analysis of the issue of conflicting rights. It proposes that if rights are to be upheld, and conflicts about their application are to be settled, they have not only to be articulated, but they have to be developed within a framework of principles of application which are not only consistent with the theory, but are feasible in the light of the conditions of local political cultures.

Language: en