In the Name of Social Harmony: Ethnic Dominance, Rights Limitations and Pluri-nationalism in South Asia

Several Asian constitutions have provisions allowing States to curtail democratic rights in the name of social harmony. Synthesizing literature on rights restrictions, this paper examines how framing social harmony as a rights restriction links social harmony to security, an accepted limitation on rights, highlighting an antagonization of identity politics and security. Social harmony restrictions empower...

Panel 170, WEDNESDAY JUNE 27 2018 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM