Editing Cultural relativism (section)

== Governmental usage ==
Several countries have used cultural relativism as a justification for limiting the rights in the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]], despite the [[World Conference on Human Rights]] rejecting it as a refutation of human rights violations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relativist Claims on Culture Do Not Absolve States from Human Rights Obligations, Third Committee Expert Says as Delegates Denounce Country-Specific Mandates {{!}} UN Press |url=https://press.un.org/en/2018/gashc4241.doc.htm |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=press.un.org}}</ref>

A 2011 study by international legal expert Roger Lloret Blackburn, examining the [[Universal Periodic Review]]s, distinguishes several different groups of nations:<ref>Blackburn, Roger Lloret. September 2011. "[https://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/general-document/pdf/-blackburn_upr_cultural_relativism.09.2011.pdf Cultural Relativism in the Universal Periodic Review of the Human Rights Council] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003141016/https://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/general-document/pdf/-blackburn_upr_cultural_relativism.09.2011.pdf |date=2021-10-03 }}," (''ICIP Working Papers:'' ''2011/3''). Barcelona: Institut Català Internacional per la Pau. {{Issn|2013-5793}}.</ref>

* One group consists of nations where the current [[regime]] has been installed by [[revolution]], and that deny the need for [[Pluralism (political philosophy)|political plurality]]: [[China]], [[Vietnam]], [[Myanmar]], [[Cuba]], and [[Iran]]. 
* Another group are certain [[Islamic]] nations that adhere to ''[[sharia]]'' and certain traditional practices: [[Yemen]], [[Iran]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Pakistan]].
* A third possible group is nations that give special rights to specific groups: [[Malaysia]], [[Mexico]], [[Indonesia]], and [[Colombia]].