In 1992, the CDHRI was presented to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, where it was strongly condemned by the International Commission of Jurists. ![]() As of 2012, it had been signed by 45 states. The CDHRI was adopted in 1990 by members of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference. In 1981, Said Rajaie-Khorassani-the post- revolutionary Iranian representative to the UN-articulated the position of his country regarding the UDHR, by saying that it was a relativistic " secular understanding of the Judeo-Christian tradition", which could not be implemented by Muslims without trespassing Islamic law. Various Muslim countries had criticized the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights for its failure to take into account the cultural and religious context of non- Western countries. Because of this limit, the CDHRI has been criticized as an attempt to shield OIC member states from international criticism for human rights violations, as well as for failing to guarantee freedom of religion, justifying corporal punishment and allowing discrimination against non-Muslims and women. ![]() It guarantees some, but not all, of the UDHR and serves as a living document of human rights guidelines prescribed for all members of the OIC to follow, but restricts them explicitly to the limits set by the sharia. This declaration is widely acknowledged as an Islamic response to the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted in 1948. The CDHRI declares its purpose to be "general guidance for Member States in the field of human rights". The focus of this article is the 1990 version of the CDHRI. The 1990 version affirms Islamic sharia as its sole source, whereas the 2020 version doesn't specifically invoke sharia. It provides an overview on the Islamic perspective on human rights. The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam ( CDHRI) is a declaration of the member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) first adopted in Cairo, Egypt, on 5 August 1990, (Conference of Foreign Ministers, 9–14 Muharram 1411H in the Islamic calendar ), and later revised in 2020 and adopted on 28 November 2020 (Council of Foreign Ministers at its 47th session in Niamey, Republic of Niger). Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. Parts of this article (those related to the 2020 CDHRI) need to be updated.
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