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Internasionale reg preek vryheid, maar dwing ’n eensydige huweliksmodel af. Hierdie artikel ontbloot hoe poliginie gekriminaliseer word in die naam van gelykheid. Vanuit regs-, teologiese en kultuuranalitiese perspektiewe word gewys hoe ware vryheid nie eendersheid vereis nie, maar veelvormigheid eer. Monogamie is nie universeel nie — dit is imperiaal.

This article exposes how international human rights law—often hailed as neutral and progressive—quietly enforces a Western monogamous ideal rooted in colonial and Christian imperialism. It critically examines how polygyny is marginalized, not on legal grounds, but through moralized norms disguised as universal values, challenging the global legal system's claim to cultural pluralism and neutrality.