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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the 21st Century
Author | : Gordon Brown |
Publisher | : Open Book Publishers |
Total Pages | : 129 |
Release | : 2016-04-18 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1783742216 |
The Global Citizenship Commission was convened, under the leadership of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the auspices of NYU’s Global Institute for Advanced Study, to re-examine the spirit and stirring words of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The result – this volume – offers a 21st-century commentary on the original document, furthering the work of human rights and illuminating the ideal of global citizenship. What does it mean for each of us to be members of a global community? Since 1948, the Declaration has stood as a beacon and a standard for a better world. Yet the work of making its ideals real is far from over. Hideous and systemic human rights abuses continue to be perpetrated at an alarming rate around the world. Too many people, particularly those in power, are hostile to human rights or indifferent to their claims. Meanwhile, our global interdependence deepens. Bringing together world leaders and thinkers in the fields of politics, ethics, and philosophy, the Commission set out to develop a common understanding of the meaning of global citizenship – one that arises from basic human rights and empowers every individual in the world. This landmark report affirms the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and seeks to renew the 1948 enterprise, and the very ideal of the human family, for our day and generation.
Human Rights, State Compliance, and Social Change
Author | : Ryan Goodman |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 365 |
Release | : 2011-11-14 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1139504223 |
National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) – human rights commissions and ombudsmen – have gained recognition as a possible missing link in the transmission and implementation of international human rights norms at the domestic level. They are also increasingly accepted as important participants in global and regional forums where international norms are produced. By collecting innovative work from experts spanning international law, political science, sociology and human rights practice, this book critically examines the significance of this relatively new class of organizations. It focuses, in particular, on the prospects of these institutions to effectuate state compliance and social change. Consideration is given to the role of NHRIs in delegitimizing – though sometimes legitimizing – governments' poor human rights records and in mobilizing – though sometimes demobilizing – civil society actors. The volume underscores the broader implications of such cross-cutting research for scholarship and practice in the fields of human rights and global affairs in general.
The International Law of Human Rights and States of Exception
Author | : Anna-Lena Svensson-McCarthy |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 808 |
Release | : 2021-09-27 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9004479317 |
This study demonstrates the extensive protection that international law provides to human rights even in the most serious of emergencies when they are particularly vulnerable. Based on a meticulous analysis of preparatory works and practice under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, as well as the American and European Conventions on Human Rights, and with a special chapter on the International Labour Organisation's approach to international labour standards and emergencies, this book shows that respect for the rule of law and the concept of a democratic society are controlling parameters in any valid limitation on the enjoyment of human rights. It further shows that respect for human rights and the operation of institutions such as the Legislature and Judiciary are crucial to enabling societies to address and eventually remedy the root causes of emergency situations. The study recommends possible directions for the development of case law and suggests some practical means to help ensure that international legal requirements are in fact respected in emergencies.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Author | : William A. Schabas |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 4171 |
Release | : 2013-04-18 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1139619624 |
A collection of United Nations documents associated with the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, these volumes facilitate research into the scope of, meaning of and intent behind the instrument's provisions. It permits an examination of the various drafts of what became the thirty articles of the Declaration, including one of the earliest documents – a compilation of human rights provisions from national constitutions, organised thematically. The documents are organised chronologically and thorough thematic indexing facilitates research into the origins of specific rights and norms. It is also annotated in order to provide information relating to names, places, events and concepts that might have been familiar in the late 1940s but are today more obscure.
International Human Rights Law Beyond State Territorial Control
Author | : Antal Berkes |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 389 |
Release | : 2021-06-17 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1108840620 |
An analysis of international human rights law's applicability and effectiveness in geographic areas where the State has lost territorial control.
Human Rights in a Positive State
Author | : Laurens Lavrysen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms |
ISBN | : 9781780684253 |
Adaptation of the author's Ph.D. thesis--Ghent University, 2016.
State-Owned Entities and Human Rights
Author | : Mihaela Maria Barnes |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2021-12-02 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1108832873 |
Examines the fundamental role played by international law in the regulation of State-owned entities from a human rights perspective.
The State of Economic and Social Human Rights
Author | : Lanse Minkler |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 407 |
Release | : 2013-01-07 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1107028027 |
Original scholarship on economic and social human rights from cutting-edge scholars in the fields of economics, law, political science, sociology and anthropology.
Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
Author | : United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9789211542011 |
"This publication contains the 'Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations Protect, Respect and Remedy Framework', which were developed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises. The Special Representative annexed the Guiding Principles to his final report to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/17/31), which also includes an introduction to the Guiding Principles and an overview of the process that led to their development. The Human Rights Council endorsed the Guiding Principles in its resolution 17/4 of 16 June 2011."--P. iv.