... Omar al-Bashir, WORLD REPORT 2011 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Human Rights Watch is one of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. By focusing ... business and human rights, children’s rights, health and human rights, international justice, lesbian, gay,bisexual and transgender rights, refugees, terrorism/counterterrorism,and women’s rights; ... 22WORLD REPORT 2011Please consult the HumanRights Watch website for more detailed treatment ofour work on children’s rights, women’s rights, arms and military issues, busi-ness and human rights, ...
... ”:HumanRightsandthePoliticsofFatalism’.28ForexampleBrownseemsinterestedneitherinaliberalnorahumanrightsper-spective;Benthamwasaliberalbutdidnotbelieveinhumanrights.29ForexcellentlegalcommentariesontheConvention,seereferencesgiveninnote1ofChapter2.30Critiqueswhicharenotdiscussedinthebookbutwouldhavebeenhighlyrelevantincludecommunitarianism,criticalracetheoryandstrandswithinthecriticallegalstudiesmovement.31Marie-Be´ne´dicteDembour,‘HumanRightsTalkandAnthropologicalAmbivalence:TheParticularContextsofUniversalClaims’,inOliviaHarris(ed.),InsideandOutsidetheLaw:AnthropologicalStudiesofAuthorityandAmbiguity(London:Routledge,1996)19–40.32ToborrowanexpressionfoundinDouzinas,EndofHumanRights,at4.33Thus,togiveafewexamples,IsurmiseinChapter8thatJackDonnelly(Politics),AlanGewirth(Philosophy),MichaelPerry(Law)andMichaelFreeman(Govern-ment)arenaturalscholars;MichaelIgnatieff(History),ConorGearty(Law)andRichardWilson(Anthropology)deliberativescholars;UpendraBaxi(Law),CostasDouzinas(Law),GuyHaarscher(Philosophy)andKenBooth(InternationalPolitics)protestscholars;TalalAsad(Anthropology),WendyBrown(Politics),MakauMutua(Law)andmyself(Law,withatraininginAnthropology)discoursescholars.Asthisbriefpresentationmakesclear,Idonotbelievethatfault-linesinscholarlydebatesabouthumanrightsfollowdisciplinaryboundaries.34Thus,MichaelIgnatieffqualifiesareligious-likeapproachtohumanrightsas‘ido-latry’:Ignatieff,HumanRights.Thissecular-likeapproachtohumanrights(whichdoesnotpreventdeliberativescholarsfrombeingreligiousintheprimarysenseoftheterm)isalsohumanist:Fagan,‘ParadoxicalBedfellows’.35IthinkIshouldbeallowedtheuseoftheword‘disciple’:GuyHaarscher,whomIclassifyasaprotestscholarinChapter8,usestheFrenchword‘dressage’(literallytraining, ... ‘secular religion’ of human rights, I am not merely a human rights agnostic but also a humanrights atheist, for I am ready to affirmthe non-existence, across the ages, of human rights. Going further, ... protestscholar, humanrights guide human conduct in the fight against injustice andoppression. Only for the discourse scholar is the moral status of human rights open to question. To him or her, human rights...
... Declaration on HumanRights 37* Typical structure of an International Convention on HumanRights 38* Sources of data 39* References 40* ANNEX I- Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 ... on HumanRights 204.2.1 Purposes 204.2.2 Typical legal characteristics 204.3 A study of discourse structure and some major linguistic features of the International Convention on HumanRights ... INTERNATIONAL DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 3.1 Definition of an International Declaration 103.2 Purposes and typical legal characteristics of the International 10Declaration on Human Rights 3.2.1 Purposes...
... Universal Declaration of HumanRights and European Charter on Human Rights. (European Convention on Human Rights) . Charter of the United Nations; Universal Declaration of Human Rights; International ... and obligations of States Parties in one certain area of humanrights (e.g.: all humanrights in general or women's/children's rights or non-discrimination for any reasons in particular).- ... on Human Rights, 1950.5. Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989.6. Convention against Discrimination in Education, 1960. Source: - Brownlie, I. (1992). Basic Documents on Human Rights...
... appropriate protection and humanitarian assistance in the enjoyment of applicable rights set forth in the present Convention and in other international human rights or humanitarian instruments ... in the Universal Declaration of HumanRights and in the International Covenants on Human Rights, proclaimed and agreed that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth therein, ... have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social...
... below.65Tay, HumanRights , 5.166This ICCPR treaty organisation is different from the UN Charter-derived Human Rights Council which replaced, in 2006, the Commission on Human Rights. 167See ... rights can clash ‘head-on’,59forexample where cultural rights might conflict with economic rights. To anextent there is a difference between humanrights and civil, political and social rights ... these humanrights texts are related. Economic,social and cultural rights can facilitate the enjoyment of civil and political rights. 61228 A Wholly Mammon Empire?157Johan Galtung, Human Rights...
... show in respect of humanrights orthodoxy. Human rights are most commonly represented as given – inherent and inalien-able. Against this stance, I have intimated that humanrights is a ‘system ... reason: to them, human rights is the best language we have to set human beings free of oppression.Deliberative scholars do not think the issue is a matter of faith: they look at human rights as good ... and what should you do if you let go of human rights? 22Canyou even let go of the concept? I certainly have not dared to, and continue todefend humanrights as ‘strategically useful’. What...
... of human rights. Human rights as an article of faithAccording to a standard definition, humanrights are those rights one has byvirtue of being human. 1This definition suggests that humanrights ... inherent in human rights, see Ignatieff, Human Rights, at 75.16 Who Believes in Human Rights? 1IntroductionThis book grew out of my attraction to and discomfort with the idea of human rights. ... ‘secular religion’ of human rights, I am not merely a human rights agnostic but also a humanrights atheist, for I am ready to affirmthe non-existence, across the ages, of human rights. Going further,...
... of human rights. For them, humanrights law can never be truly faithful to the philosophicalconcept of human rights: there is a real danger that there is a lack of continuitybetween humanrights ... hold that itis possible for human beings actually to have human rights. Protest scholars holdthat humanrights can never be had: as a language of protest, humanrights arealways out of reach, ... humanrights as a philosophical concept and human rights as a legal concept. The congruence is not necessary – so presented human rights practice can admittedly be an abuse of the human rights...
... inter-national humanrights reports by Amnesty International and HumanRights Watch, OMV reects on the general humanrights situa-tion, how OMV could be affected and what OMV’s humanrights responsibilities ... 3ETRELEVANTPERFORMANCEINDICATORSFORMEASURING HUMANRIGHTS IMPACTACROSSTHEDIFFERENTFUNCTIONSOFYOURBUSINESS!PPLYCONTINUOUSMONITORINGOFPRACTICEANDBENCHMARKAGAINSTOTHERRELEVANTCOMPANIESTOMAKESURETHAT HUMANRIGHTS POLICIESAREBEINGAPPLIED5NDERTAKEINTERNAL HUMANRIGHTS BASEDAUDITSANDCONSIDERUSINGTHIRDPARTIESTOMAKESURE HUMANRIGHTS POLICIESAREBEINGAPPLIED5SETHEMONITORINGANDEVALUATIONPROCESSASATOOLFORRAISINGINTERNALAWARENESSANDBUILDINGTHECAPACITYOFSUPPLIERMANAGEMENT5SEAUDITlNDINGSTOINFORMTHESTRATEGICDEVELOPMENTOFYOURBUSINESSWITHRESPECTTO HUMANRIGHTS VIII REPORTING 2EPORTANNUALLYTOSTAKEHOLDERSONPROGRESSAGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS POLICYPLEDGES$ECIDEWHICH HUMANRIGHTS IMPACTSAREPRIORITIESFORYOUTO REPORT ON3UBMITALINKDESCRIPTIONTOTHE'LOBAL#OMPACTWEBSITEIF'LOBAL#OMPACTPARTICIPANTS)NPARTICULAREXPLAINTOBOTHINTERNALANDEXTERNALSTAKEHOLDERSHOWTHECOMPANYSETITS HUMANRIGHTS PRIORITIESANDMETORATTEMPTEDTOMEETITSKEY HUMANRIGHTS POLICYOBJECTIVESVI ... 3ETRELEVANTPERFORMANCEINDICATORSFORMEASURING HUMANRIGHTS IMPACTACROSSTHEDIFFERENTFUNCTIONSOFYOURBUSINESS!PPLYCONTINUOUSMONITORINGOFPRACTICEANDBENCHMARKAGAINSTOTHERRELEVANTCOMPANIESTOMAKESURETHAT HUMANRIGHTS POLICIESAREBEINGAPPLIED5NDERTAKEINTERNAL HUMANRIGHTS BASEDAUDITSANDCONSIDERUSINGTHIRDPARTIESTOMAKESURE HUMANRIGHTS POLICIESAREBEINGAPPLIED5SETHEMONITORINGANDEVALUATIONPROCESSASATOOLFORRAISINGINTERNALAWARENESSANDBUILDINGTHECAPACITYOFSUPPLIERMANAGEMENT5SEAUDITlNDINGSTOINFORMTHESTRATEGICDEVELOPMENTOFYOURBUSINESSWITHRESPECTTO HUMANRIGHTS VIII REPORTING 2EPORTANNUALLYTOSTAKEHOLDERSONPROGRESSAGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS POLICYPLEDGES$ECIDEWHICH HUMANRIGHTS IMPACTSAREPRIORITIESFORYOUTO REPORT ON3UBMITALINKDESCRIPTIONTOTHE'LOBAL#OMPACTWEBSITEIF'LOBAL#OMPACTPARTICIPANTS)NPARTICULAREXPLAINTOBOTHINTERNALANDEXTERNALSTAKEHOLDERSHOWTHECOMPANYSETITS HUMANRIGHTS PRIORITIESANDMETORATTEMPTEDTOMEETITSKEY HUMANRIGHTS POLICYOBJECTIVESVI...
... Mobilizing for Human Rights Mobilizing for Human Rights This volume argues that international humanrights law has made a positive con-tribution to the realization of humanrights in much of ... 1998.37 Hathaway 2002.38 Moravcsik 2000.16 Mobilizing for Human Rights 2Why International Law? The Development ofthe International HumanRights Regime inthe Twentieth CenturyIt is difficult to ... Dai 2005.26 Mobilizing for Human Rights The reason is simple. The development of international legal rules has beenthe central collective project to address humanrights for the past 60 years.Whenever...
... International Council on HumanRights Policy, forexample, in a March 2000 report on the performance and legitimacy of national human rights institutions, recommended that “national humanrights institutions ... Gomez,"Social economic rights and humanrights commissions" in HumanRights Quarterly, vol. 17, No. l(February, 1995), pp. 155-169.09International Council on HumanRights Policy, Performance ... cultural rights& quot; (Module 23), in Circleof Rights: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Activism: A Training Resource (International Human Rights Internship Program and Asian Forum for Human Rights...
... to humanrights reporting and mechanisms, including State and “shadow reporting” to UN treaty bodies, special procedures mandate-holders of the HumanRights Council 3 and reports to the Councils ... further the realization of humanrights as laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and other international humanrights instruments.Process: Humanrights standards and principles ... http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/socialcharter/Presentation/ESCRBooklet/English.pdfã Reports submitted to the European Committee of Social Rights are available on the Council of Europe web site: http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/socialcharter/Reporting/StateReports/Reports_en.aspã...
... means of individual recourse when humanrights standards are violated.54 At the national level, national human rights institutions (e.g., an Ombudsman or HumanRights Commission) can work to ... Reproductive Health and HumanRights of PLHIV 7Imperatives of both humanrights and public health require that health care and legal systems support the sexual and reproductive health and rights of people ... entitled to the full protection of their human rights, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. In March 2007, international humanrights experts released the Yogyakarta Principles48,...
... HumanRights and the two treaties represent a milestone forhumanity: the recognition that humanrights are founded on human dig-nity and that human dignity is shared by all members of the human ... issued a report titled Investing in Health.12 Althoughnot stated in the language of human rights, the report s action agendaimplicitly acknowledged that only the recognition of basic human rights could ... HumanRights and Health 25 Human Rights and PhysiciansBoth medical ethics and humanrights are aspirational and difficult to en-force. Over...