The modern application of the theory of cultural relativism permeates within the spheres of human rights and the interpretation of various aspects of international terrorism. Approaches to human rights practices around the globe continue to take different forms in line with the essential differences in the differences in nature and culture of application (Glacier and Valérie 55). Some human rights theorists contend that the understanding of the positive tenets of cultural relativism is essential in order to expand the application of human rights practices in places where they remain obscure on account of the underlying cultural challenges (Afshari 41). Regarding terrorism, the theory of cultural relativism has often been used to understand the connections between culture and the changing manifestation of global terrorism. Furthermore, the same analysis should furnish the understanding of the nature of responses to terrorism from the perspective of culture and legal responses.

The earliest human rights contributors in the debate on cultural relativism weighed onto the subject of whether it was appropriate to articulate the language of freedom within the American language of freedom. From this perspective, it was felt that the language the advocated for freedom was largely couched in the American cultural expression of liberty. As such, there was concern that the adoption of the principles of liberty would necessarily imply an endorsement of the American and western perspective on such&nbsp.matters. In a significant sense, it was felt that some of the issues that connected with the issues of freedom required a multi-cultural expression that would welcome and include the contribution of many cultures around the globe. Only by such an approach would the cultures of Asia, Africa, Europe, and Australia feel included in the general discourse.&nbsp.