SUMMARY:
In a world where international law claims to celebrate human rights while criminalizing plural love, Kilian’s cutting new essay, One Love, Many Lies: How International Human Rights Law Enforces Monogamous Moral Imperialism, exposes the quiet empire behind the “one man, one woman” gospel.This is not an academic abstraction—it’s legal colonialism dressed in the robes of equality. With scholarly fire and surgical clarity, Kilian traces how treaties like CEDAW weaponize soft law to outlaw polygyny, even as binding instruments like the ICCPR defend cultural freedom and religious expression. The result? A schizophrenic human rights regime that preaches dignity while erasing the lives of millions who love beyond two.
From Greco-Roman civil codes to Canadian criminal law, the article reveals how monogamy became the crown jewel of Western moral export—imposed not by consensus, but by conquest. Whether in Africa, the Middle East, or British Columbia, lawful plural unions are not tolerated—they are targeted.
Kilian doesn’t merely defend polygyny—he dismantles the false moral consensus behind its prohibition. With voices like Dixon, Tamale, and Mahmood at his side, he demolishes the feminist monolith that silences the very women it claims to protect.
The call is clear: international law must stop pretending its moral uniformity is universal. Justice demands not sameness, but pluriformity—lawful recognition of covenantal diversity rooted in dignity, consent, and truth.
To read the full article, stay tuned for the official publication link.
A WORLD OF ONE LOVE MANY LIES
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