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Volume 60, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 45-78

Limits to the universality of the concept of human rights: Social representations in the judicial system of international migrants as rights holders [Les limites de l’universalité des droits de l’homme: Représentations sociales de l’appareil judiciaire sur les migrants internationaux en tant que titulaires de droits] [Limites da universalidade dos direitos humanos: Representações sociais e o sistema judicial sobre os migrantes internacionais como titulares de direitos] [Límites a la universalidad de los derechos humanos: Representaciones sociales en el sistema judicial sobre los migrantes internacionales como titulares de derechos] (Article) (Open Access)

González A.*
  • a Universidad de Buenos Aires (BA), Argentina

Abstract

The following article discusses the social representations present in the judicial system in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (MABA) in terms of the human rights of the internationalmigrants to have arrived in Argentina as of the mid twentieth century. By means of a qualitative study encompassing fifty in-depth interviews held with members of the MABA judicial system, exclusionary discourse emerged running against the universalist perspective that respects migrants’ rights. Upon further study of the results gathered, three lines of analysis are discussed: desired migration policies, competition between locals and migrants in accessing economic and social rights, and, finally, the concept of restricted citizenship. © 2017, Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Politicos (IESP), UERJ. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Social representations Migration Judicial system Universality human rights

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85022040644&doi=10.1590%2f001152582017114&partnerID=40&md5=47dad69e41e57b8fe4c9a892cafd1ee7
DOI: 10.1590/001152582017114
ISSN: 00115258
Original Language: Spanish