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Author : Barbara Oomen,Martha F. Davis,Michele Grigolo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107147010
Provides theoretical and practical insights into how the new phenomenon of human rights cities contributes to global urban justice.
Author : MICHELE. GRIGOLO
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367670828
We are used to thinking of human rights as a matter for state governments to deal with. Much less investigated is the question of what cities do with them, even though urban communities and municipalities have been discussing human rights for quite some time. In this volume, Grigolo borrows the concept of 'the human rights city' to invite us to think about a new urban utopia: a place where human rights strive to guide urban life. By turning the question of the meaning and use of human rights in cities into the object of critical investigation, this book tracks the genesis, institutionalisation and implementation of human rights in cities, focussing on New York, San Francisco and Barcelona. Touching also upon matters such as women's rights, LGBT rights and migrant rights, The Human Rights City emphasises how human rights can serve urban justice but also a neoliberal practice of the city. This book is a useful resource for scholars and students interested in fields such as Sociology of Human Rights, Sociology of Law, International Law, Urban Sociology, Political Sociology and Social Policies.
Author : Sandeep Agrawal
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781772126709
Rights and the City takes stock of rights struggles and progress in cities by exploring the tensions that exist between different concepts of rights. Sandeep Agrawal and the volume’s contributors expose the paradoxes that planners and municipal governments face when attempting not only to combat discriminatory practices, but also advance a human rights agenda. The authors examine the legal, conceptual, and philosophical aspects of rights, including its various forms—human, Indigenous, housing, property rights, and various other forms of rights. Using empirical evidence and examples, they translate the philosophical and legal aspects of rights into more practical terms and applications. Regionally, the book draws on municipalities from across Canada while also making broad international comparisons. Scholars, policy makers, and activists with an interest in urban studies, planning, and law will find much of value throughout this volume. Contributors: Sandeep Agrawal, Rachelle Alterman, Sasha Best, Alexandra Flynn, Eran S. Kaplinsky, Ola P. Malik, Jennifer A. Orange, Michelle L. Oren, Renée Vaugeois. Afterword by Benjamin Davy
Author : Michele Grigolo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317241317
We are used to thinking of human rights as a matter for state governments to deal with. Much less investigated is the question of what cities do with them, even though urban communities and municipalities have been discussing human rights for quite some time. In this volume, Grigolo borrows the concept of ‘the human rights city’ to invite us to think about a new urban utopia: a place where human rights strive to guide urban life. By turning the question of the meaning and use of human rights in cities into the object of critical investigation, this book tracks the genesis, institutionalisation and implementation of human rights in cities, focussing on New York, San Francisco and Barcelona. Touching also upon matters such as women’s rights, LGBT rights and migrant rights, The Human Rights City emphasises how human rights can serve urban justice but also a neoliberal practice of the city. This book is a useful resource for scholars and students interested in fields such as Sociology of Human Rights, Sociology of Law, International Law, Urban Sociology, Political Sociology and Social Policies.
Author : Human Rights Watch
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 957 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781609808853
The best country-by-country assessment of human rights. The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human rights in every corner of the globe.
Author : F. Pearl Eliadis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
ISBN : 0773543058
A critical analysis of the rhetoric and reality surrounding human rights commissions and tribunals, Canada's most contested administrative agencies.
Author : Barbara Oomen,Martha F. Davis,Michele Grigolo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : 1316601064
Cities increasingly base their local policies on human rights. Human rights cities promise to forge new alliances between urban actors and international organizations, to enable the 'translation' of the abstract language of human rights to the local level, and to develop new practices designed to bring about global urban justice. This book brings together academics and practitioners at the forefront of human rights cities and the 'right to the city' movement to critically discuss their history and also the potential that human rights cities hold for global justice.
Author : Léo Heller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108837248
A comprehensive overview of the human rights to water and sanitation, exploring theoretical, conceptual, and practical aspects.
Author : Bonny Ibhawoh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107016316
An interpretative history of human rights in Africa, exploring indigenous rights traditions, anti-slavery, anti-colonialism, post-colonial violations and pro-democracy movements.
Author : Philip Alston,Sarah Knuckey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780190239497
This work offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of fact-finding, including rigorous and critical analysis of the field of practice, as well as providing a range of accounts of what actually happens. It deepens the study and practice of human rights investigations, and fosters fact-finding as a discretely studied topic, while mapping crucial transformations in the field.
Author : Human Rights Watch
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781609808150
The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken in 2016 by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human rights in every corner of the globe.
Author : Neil Brenner,Peter Marcuse,Margit Mayer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-25
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781136625046
The worldwide financial crisis has sent shock-waves of accelerated economic restructuring, regulatory reorganization and sociopolitical conflict through cities around the world. It has also given new impetus to the struggles of urban social movements emphasizing the injustice, destructiveness and unsustainability of capitalist forms of urbanization. This book contributes analyses intended to be useful for efforts to roll back contemporary profit-based forms of urbanization, and to promote alternative, radically democratic and sustainable forms of urbanism. The contributors provide cutting-edge analyses of contemporary urban restructuring, including the issues of neoliberalization, gentrification, colonization, "creative" cities, architecture and political power, sub-prime mortgage foreclosures and the ongoing struggles of "right to the city" movements. At the same time, the book explores the diverse interpretive frameworks – critical and otherwise – that are currently being used in academic discourse, in political struggles, and in everyday life to decipher contemporary urban transformations and contestations. The slogan, "cities for people, not for profit," sets into stark relief what the contributors view as a central political question involved in efforts, at once theoretical and practical, to address the global urban crises of our time. Drawing upon European and North American scholarship in sociology, politics, geography, urban planning and urban design, the book provides useful insights and perspectives for citizens, activists and intellectuals interested in exploring alternatives to contemporary forms of capitalist urbanization.
Author : James R. Lewis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025800694
Provides a country-by-country analysis of the approach to human rights as well as examination of such topics as torture, slavery asylum, genocide, freedom of the press, and the right to education.
Author : Surya P. Subedi
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781800883628
Based on the author's first-hand experience as a UN Special Rapporteur, this thought-provoking and original book examines the values of Eastern civilisations and their contribution to the development of the UN Human Rights agenda. Rejecting the argument based on “Asian Values” that is often used to undermine the universality of human rights, the book argues that secularism, personal liberty and universalism are at the heart of both Hindu and Buddhist traditions.
Author : Rikke Frank Jorgensen
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780262039055
Scholars from across law and internet and media studies examine the human rights implications of today's platform society. Today such companies as Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Twitter play an increasingly important role in how users form and express opinions, encounter information, debate, disagree, mobilize, and maintain their privacy. What are the human rights implications of an online domain managed by privately owned platforms? According to the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, adopted by the UN Human Right Council in 2011, businesses have a responsibility to respect human rights and to carry out human rights due diligence. But this goal is dependent on the willingness of states to encode such norms into business regulations and of companies to comply. In this volume, contributors from across law and internet and media studies examine the state of human rights in today's platform society. The contributors consider the “datafication” of society, including the economic model of data extraction and the conceptualization of privacy. They examine online advertising, content moderation, corporate storytelling around human rights, and other platform practices. Finally, they discuss the relationship between human rights law and private actors, addressing such issues as private companies' human rights responsibilities and content regulation. Contributors Anja Bechmann, Fernando Bermejo, Agnès Callamard, Mikkel Flyverbom, Rikke Frank Jørgensen, Molly K. Land, Tarlach McGonagle, Jens-Erik Mai, Joris van Hoboken, Glen Whelan, Jillian C. York, Shoshana Zuboff, Ethan Zuckerman Open access edition published with generous support from Knowledge Unlatched and the Danish Council for Independent Research.