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This week we ask: if the international community can't make states abide by their human rights obligations, what's the point of invoking human rights?

The Maastricht Centre for Human Rights of Maastricht University and the International Commission of Jurists are pleased to announce the adoption of the Maastricht Principles on Extra-Territorial Obligations (ETOs) of States in the area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. These international legal principles clarify the human rights obligations of States beyond their own borders. The Principles cover all economic, social and cultural rights, including among others the right to just and favourable conditions of work, social security, an adequate standard of living, food, housing, water, sanitation, health, education and participation in cultural life.

read more at http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/web/Institutes/MaastrichtCentreForHumanRights.htm

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, recently called for the end to all forms of violence and a return to peaceful dialogue in response to Colombia's recent protests by a wide range of civil society groups and trade unions disillusioned by the failure of the 2016 peace agreement to resolve the root […]

There are many different criteria that can be used to assess the state of a political regime. One, if not the most important criterion is whether the regime respects and actively protects the fundamental human rights of its subjects. Women's rights are human rights. Women, like men, have a human right to pursue happiness. Like […]

Seit ihrer Verabschiedung durch den Menschenrechtsrat der Vereinten Nationen im Jahr 2011 haben sich die UN-Leitprinzipien für Wirtschaft und Menschenrechte (UNLP) zum Dreh- und Angelpunkt eines transnationalen Regimes entwickelt (engl.: "Business and Human Rights Regime", kurz: BHRR). Ein neues Sonderheft der Zeitschrift Human Rights Review widmet sich der kritischen, multidisziplinären Analyse der Funktionsweise und Wirksamkeit dieses Regimes. Im Fokus stehen insbesondere dessen Auswirkungen auf das Verhalten transnationaler Unternehmen (TNCs), Gesetze über menschenrechtliche Sorgfaltspflichten, Nationale Menschenrechtsinstitutionen und Nationale Aktionspläne sowie die bisherigen Entwürfe für ein internationales Abkommen über Wirtschaft und Menschenrechte. Die Beiträge machen deutlich, dass drei Faktoren die Wirksamkeit des BHRR beeinträchtigen: die defensive Konzeption menschenrechtlicher Rechenschaftspflichten von Unternehmen, die unzureichende Berücksichtigung der Perspektive der Opfer von Menschenrechtsverletzungen sowie die fehlende Abstimmung in der Governance-Architektur des BHRR.

In the history of the women's movement in Iran, women's struggle for human rights has always been suppressed in various ways. One of the methods of suppression has been the systematic use of shame. I...

On WED, Nov 9, 2011 Richard Bellamy (University College London) will give a talk on "Are International Human Rights Conventions democratically legitimate? Political Constitutionalism and the Hirst Case".

For more information, see the website of the Center for Globalization and Governance

Andrew Pagliarini writes in The New Republic about the political crisis in Bolivia. He links to the new report by Harvard Law School's International Human Rights Clinic and the University Network for Human Rights, which is really disturbing. The title is They Shot Us Like Animals so you immediately get the drift.According to witnesses, government repression since November 2019 has extended beyond killing protestors to quell criticism. The government has harassed, arbitrarily arrested, and tortured people that it perceives to be outspoken against the Áñez administration. Many Bolivians have found themselves facing charges or detention for vaguely defined crimes such as sedition, while others have been attacked in the streets by security forces and para-state actors. Certain visible groups are particularly susceptible to this persecution, including journalists, human rights defenders, and politicians. The result of this repression has been a pervasive climate of fear in many communities. Pagliarini frames the postponement of the presidential election in terms of lithium. Like so many other times in Latin America, political crisis and U.S. interests centers on a primary good deemed to be essential. And we're all using lithium.Añez will hold on as long as she can, so international pressure is essential. Sadly, this will definitely not come from the Trump administration, which rushed to give the new government aid. As usual there is no unified stance among Latin American countries or any regional leadership on it. Subscribe in a reader

Bryan S. Turner is a British sociologist researching in the area of human rights, citizenship, and religion. Having worked at universities in Europe, Asia, Australia, and the USA, processes of globalization and migration play a major role in his work. Currently, he is Professor of Sociology at the City University of New...

Congressman John Lewis joins David in Atlanta to talk about his experiences during the Civil Rights Movement, how far America has come on the issue of race, his views on President Donald Trump, and his emotional reaction to an audio exhibit at the Center for Civil and Human Rights.
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