Abusive claims of exception

Name(s): 
Special case pleading
Incidence 
The UN World Conference on Human Rights (Vienna, 1993) at which attempts were made to reach consensus on the universality of human rights was marred by claims of exception from Asian countries contending that standards of justice should be tempered by regional peculiarities and various historical, cultural and religious backgrounds.
Claim 
The forces of repression often cloak their wrongdoing in the claims of exception.
Value(s) 
Type 
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems