THE HUMAN RIGHTS THAT DICTATORS LOVE

• BY PEDRO PIZANO-FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Watch out. Kobe Bryant may be violating your human rights.
Farida Shaheed, the U.N. special rapporteur on cultural rights, recently announced that she’s launching a new study aimed at addressing “whether advertising and marketing practices affect cultural diversity and the right of people to choose their way of life.” Theannouncement bears a photo of a larger-than-life U.S. basketball advertisement (featuring star player Kobe Bryant) looming over a Chinese playground.

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