Understanding Human Rights Principles

Author : Jeffrey Jowell,Jonathan Cooper
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001-04-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781847313157

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Understanding Human Rights Principles by Jeffrey Jowell,Jonathan Cooper Pdf

Human rights are brought to life by a number of defining principles. This text explores each of those principles in depth through comprehensive,informative and provocative papers written by prominent and distinguished practitioners and legal academics. These papers were first delivered at a series of seminars organised by JUSTICE and University College London. Contents: Foreword by the Hon. Mr Justice Richards Introduction by Jeffrey Jowell QC and Jonathan Cooper The concept of a lawful interference with fundamental rights - Helen Mountfield Identifying the principles of proportionality - Michael Fordham and Thomas de la Mare Dertermining civil rights and obligations - Javan Herberg, Andrew le Sueur and Jane Mulcahy Positive obligations under the Convention - Keir Starmer The horizontal effect of the Human Rights Act: moving beyond the public-private distinction - Murray Hunt The place of the Human Rights Act in a democratic society - Rabinder Singh Part of the Justice Series.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : OCLC:467193920

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dorothée Baumann-Pauly,Justine Nolan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317563938

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Business and Human Rights by Dorothée Baumann-Pauly,Justine Nolan Pdf

In a global economy, multinational companies often operate in jurisdictions where governments are either unable or unwilling to uphold even the basic human rights of their citizens. The expectation that companies respect human rights in their own operations and in their business relationships is now a business reality that corporations need to respond to. Business and Human Rights: From Principles to Practice is the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary textbook that addresses these issues. It examines the regulatory framework that grounds the business and human rights debate and highlights the business and legal challenges faced by companies and stakeholders in improving respect for human rights, exploring such topics as: the regulatory framework that grounds the business and human rights debate, challenges faced by companies and stakeholders in improving human rights, industry-specific human rights standards, current mechanisms to hold corporations to account, future challenges for business and human rights. With supporting case studies throughout, this text provides an overview of current themes in the field and guidance on practical implementation, demonstrating that a thorough understanding of the human rights challenges faced by business is now vital in any business context.

Author : Janneke Gerards
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781009050937

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General Principles of the European Convention on Human Rights by Janneke Gerards Pdf

The European Convention on Human Rights is one of the world's most important and influential human rights documents. It owes its value mainly to the European Court of Human Rights, which applies the Convention rights in individual cases. This book offers insight into the concepts and principles that are key to understanding the European Convention and the Court's case law. It explains how the Court approaches its cases and its decision-making process, illustrated by numerous examples taken from the Court's judgments. Core issues discussed include types of Convention rights (such as absolute rights); the structure of the Court's Convention rights review; principles and methods of interpretation (such as common-ground interpretation and the use of precedent); positive and negative obligations; vertical and horizontal effect; the margin of appreciation doctrine; and the requirements for the restriction of Convention rights.

Author : Gordon Brown
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781783742219

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the 21st Century by Gordon Brown Pdf

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.

Author : United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9211542014

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Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights by United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Pdf

"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.

Author : Frank Adamson,Sylvain Aubry,Mireille de Koning,Delphine Dorsi
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781839106033

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Realizing the Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education by Frank Adamson,Sylvain Aubry,Mireille de Koning,Delphine Dorsi Pdf

This insightful book analyses the process of the first adoption of guiding human rights principles for education, the Abidjan Principles. It explains the development of the Abidjan Principles, including their articulation of the right to education, the state obligation to provide quality public education, and the role of private actors in education.

Author : Colin Fenwick,Tonia Novitz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781847315977

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Human Rights at Work by Colin Fenwick,Tonia Novitz Pdf

Concerns associated with globalisation of markets, exacerbated by the 'credit crunch', have placed pressure on many nation states to make their labour markets more 'flexible'. In so doing, many states have sought to reduce labour standards and to diminish the influence of trade unions as the advocates of such standards. One response to this development, both nationally and internationally, has been to emphasise that workers' rights are fundamental human rights. This collection of essays examines whether this is an appropriate or effective strategy. The book begins by considering the translation of human rights discourse into labour standards, namely how theory might be put into practice. The remainder of the book tests hypotheses posited in the first chapter and is divided into three parts. The first part investigates, through a number of national case studies, how, in practice, workers' rights are treated as human rights in the domestic legal context. These ten chapters cover African, American, Asian, European, and Pacific countries. The second part consists of essays which analyse the operation of regional or international systems for human rights promotion, and their particular relevance to the treatment of workers' rights as human rights. The final part consists of chapters which explore regulatory alternatives to the traditional use of human rights law. The book concludes by considering the merits of various regulatory approaches.

Author : Hurst Hannum
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108417488

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Rescuing Human Rights by Hurst Hannum Pdf

Focuses on understanding human rights as they really are and their proper role in international affairs.

Author : C. A. Gearty
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Human rights
ISBN : 0199270686

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Principles of Human Rights Adjudication by C. A. Gearty Pdf

"This book takes a fresh look at the place of the Human Rights Act in Britain's constitutional order.

Author : Andrew S. Thompson
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780774859639

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In Defence of Principles by Andrew S. Thompson Pdf

Since 9/11 and the onset of the "war on terror," the principal challenge confronting liberal democracies has been to balance freedom with security and individual with collective rights. This book sheds new light on the evolution of human rights norms in liberal democracies by charting the activism of four Canadian NGOs on issues of refugee rights, hate speech, and the death penalty, including their use of difficult, often controversial legal cases as platforms to assert human rights principles and shape judicial policy-making. The struggles of these NGOs reveal not only the fragility but also the resilience of ideas about rights in liberal democracies.

Author : Jim Ife
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139482370

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Human Rights from Below by Jim Ife Pdf

In Human Rights from Below, Jim Ife shows how human rights and community development are problematic terms but powerful ideals, and that each is essential for understanding and practising the other. Ife contests that practitioners - advocates, activists, workers and volunteers - can better empower and protect communities when human rights are treated as more than just a specialist branch of law or international relations, and that human rights can be better realised when community development principles are applied. The book offers a long overdue assessment of how human rights and community development are invariably interconnected. It highlights how critical it is to understand the two as a basis for thinking about and taking action to address the serious challenges facing the world in the twenty-first century. Written both for students and for community development and human rights workers, Human Rights from Below brings together the important fields of human rights and community development, to enrich our thinking of both.

Author : Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Human rights
ISBN : 0176252436

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Understanding Human Rights by Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay Pdf

Understanding Human Rights: Origins, Currents and Critiques is a comprehensive text on human rights with a Canadian perspective. Although the principles underlying human rights have been generally acknowledged and accepted by the vast majority, debate about the universality of such rights can provoke strong reactions among people of different cultural backgrounds. The objective of Understanding Human Rights: Origins, Currents and Critiques is to introduce the students to the historical origins of the concept of human rights: the international regime and the acceptance of several generation of rights such as civil and political rights, economic rights, group rights and women's rights: the critiques of universalism, the problems of implementation of human rights and Canada's record on human rights.

Author : Jim Ife
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2001-08-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 0521797012

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Human Rights and Social Work by Jim Ife Pdf

This book argues that incorporating the idea of three 'generations' of human rights allows us to move beyond the limitations of conventional legal frameworks. It examines current human rights issues and shows how a broader understanding of human rights can be used to ground a form of practice that is central to social work, community development and broader human services. The argument extends the idea of human rights beyond the realm of theoretical analysis, and into the arena of professional practice and social action, using a critical theory perspective. This is set within the context of current debates about globalisation and the need to incorporate an internationalist viewpoint into all social work practice. This insightful new international study adds a vital new perspective to the challenge of promoting international human rights.

Author : United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : MINN:31951D03532960M

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Realizing the Right to Development by United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Pdf

This book is devoted to the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development. It contains a collection of analytical studies of various aspects of the right to development, which include the rule of law and good governance, aid, trade, debt, technology transfer, intellectual property, access to medicines and climate change in the context of an enabling environment at the local, regional and international levels. It also explores the issues of poverty, women and indigenous peoples within the theme of social justice and equity. The book considers the strides that have been made over the years in measuring progress in implementing the right to development and possible ways forward to make the right to development a reality for all in an increasingly fragile, interdependent and ever-changing world.