'human rights'

The African Court on Human and Peoples? Rights has a uniquely broad subject-matter jurisdiction that includes any ?relevant human rights instrument ratified by the States concerned? (article 3 of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and ...

Human rights have always been intrinsically woven into social work, but in the UK, often in a way that is either vague or wholly legalistic. In this article, we make a case for embedding a broader and richer concept of human rights in UK social work ...

This book offers a critical reinterpretation of Western European States? programmatic support for International Human Rights Law (IHRL) since the 1970s. It examines the systemic or structural constraints inherent to the international legal system ...

This thesis critically analyses the scholarly literature on the creation of human rights law in light of the author?s empirical investigation into the making of India?s ?right to food act?. Human rights law is increasingly being used to combat ...

There is a new maturity about the health and human rights movement as it endeavours to integrate human rights into health policies at the national and international levels. In addition to the traditional human rights techniques, such as "naming and ...

The countries of the global north and west that have enjoyed hegemonic preponderance in international affairs over the last two centuries are seeing their relative influence on the world stage decline in favour of rising powers of other regions. As ...

This article presents a critical analysis of the UN Human Rights Council?s (HRC) engagement with the challenges which recognising cultural practices raises for human rights norms. The importance of culture for human rights and of the necessity of ...

As part of its project on human rights accountability in the global supply chain the University of Essex Business and Human Rights Project has published a legal guide on business accountability for human rights abuses in supply chains. The purpose ...

Human rights represent a significant nexus between and among international relations, international law, and comparative politics. Since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, there has been a proliferation of international human rights ...

In recent years, Malawi has received global attention as a global hotspot for human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity since the arrest of Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza for holding a wedding ceremony in 2009. ...