Resumo
A provocative book by Nigel Biggar has recently called into question conventional wisdom about human rights in general. According to Biggar, this conventional wisdom is an expression of what he calls “human rights fundamentalism”, namely, the belief that all of the items included in international human rights treaties are equally important, feasible, and non-context-dependent. In this paper, I expose Biggar’s criticism of conventional human rights theories and adjudication, I show how some of the retorts made by critics of his views are unsatisfactory, and I will show how a recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights exemplifies human rights fundamentalism as denounced by Biggar, thus giving further empirical confirmation to his thesis.
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