Appealing to human rights still requires other nation-states, not escape from state power.

Evidence

However, the transcendence Malcolm X seeks consists in a turn from the authority of one state to the collective authority of several other states—a fact indicating that one cannot escape from a world consisting of nation-states that are equal as sovereign entities but grossly unequal in power. — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 686

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s interest in institutions (Milgrom law merchant, diamond bourse) — here human rights ‘escape’ from one sovereign still runs through other sovereigns, echoing how ‘extralegal’ trade still runs through private governance bodies.