• In December of 2023, Dr. Therese Boje Mortensen successfully defended her dissertation NGOs as Child Rights Implementers in India at Lund University. (lu.se)
  • This is one of the challenges that the Lund Human Rights Research Hub - a joint initiative between Lund University and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute - takes on, according to Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen. (lu.se)
  • In December 2016, Lund University and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law launched a new human rights hub. (lu.se)
  • Provocatio is published by Human Rights Studies at Lund University. (lu.se)
  • Human Rights in a Polarised World is one out of five profile areas at Lund University. (lu.se)
  • Lund University got a long tradition of conducting research within the field of Human rights. (lu.se)
  • Please visit the following link to see research from Lund University done before the establishment of the Profile area Human Rights, in January 2023. (lu.se)
  • During this panel discussion, speakers from the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Lund University, and the Swedish Institute for Human Rights will share examples and findings from their engagement with the UN human rights mechanisms on sustainability. (lu.se)
  • some thinkers suggest that human rights should be a minimum requirement to avoid the worst-case abuses, while others see it as a higher standard. (wikipedia.org)
  • Although the legal structure provides for prosecution and punishment of officials who committed human rights abuses, enforcement remained a problem, and government officials enjoyed a measure of impunity for human rights abuses. (state.gov)
  • The Eritrean Defense Forces were responsible for widespread and serious human rights abuses, including execution, rape, and torture of civilians within Ethiopia. (state.gov)
  • The government did not generally take steps to investigate, prosecute, or punish officials who committed human rights abuses. (state.gov)
  • Widespread disregard for the rule of law and official impunity for those responsible for human rights abuses were serious, continuing problems. (state.gov)
  • It is predominantly minority religions who continue to suffer the worst forms of human rights abuses on a global scale. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The Morocco and the Western Sahara human rights reports describe numerous abuses that have occurred in both areas over the past year, including infringements on freedom of speech and of the press, a failure to protect survivors of sexual and gender-based-violence, and a culture of impunity regarding the prevalent and illegal use of torture by members of the police and security forces. (amnestyusa.org)
  • We want the U.S. government to be as effective as possible when combating human rights abuses abroad. (frc.org)
  • The American Counseling Association, through its members, strives to enhance the quality of life in society by promoting the development of professional counselors, advancing the counseling profession, and using the profession and practice of counseling to promote respect for human dignity and diversity. (counseling.org)
  • With the respect of the human dignity of all persons as a foundational principle, the prevention and reduction of all forms of violence, exploitation, corruption and abuse should be at the heart of any agenda that fully recognizes the centrality of human security, both as a human rights imperative and as being integral to development. (unodc.org)
  • The coercion of human beings for profit is a sin against human dignity. (evl.fi)
  • Human dignity. (cmha.ca)
  • At Steelcase, we seek to unlock the human promise of all individuals, respecting human dignity, and human and labor rights. (steelcase.com)
  • When incarcerated people take action to fight for their dignity, their rights and their lives, those of us on the outside must answer with solidarity. (sfbayview.com)
  • Human rights are moral principles or norms for certain standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected in municipal and international law. (wikipedia.org)
  • The new Recommendation adopted today sets out essential principles aimed at protecting the rights of persons whose personal data are processed for insurance purposes. (coe.int)
  • Wärtsilä supports and respects internationally recognised human rights as outlined in the International Bill of Human Rights, the International Labor Organization's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, and the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. (wartsila.com)
  • We also support the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact, of which six principles are related to human and labour rights. (wartsila.com)
  • G4S' human rights policy and its related framework are based on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. (g4s.com)
  • Responses to drugs, crime and terrorism must be based on the rule of law and must, therefore, also incorporate human rights law, norms and principles. (unodc.org)
  • TAG HEUER respects and promotes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and adheres to the principles of the United Nations Global Compact, as well as to the United Nations Guidelines on Women's Empowerment. (tagheuer.com)
  • Since the original UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights laid out the general principles of human rights, there has been a split between what have been regarded as civil and political rights as opposed to economic, cultural and social rights. (opendemocracy.net)
  • This Global Human and Labor Rights Policy describes Steelcase's commitment to respect and promote global human and labor rights in accordance with the laws, principles, conventions, norms and internal principles and policies enumerated above and is applicable to all employees, worldwide. (steelcase.com)
  • Not only is there is a great need for solidarity among individuals and organizations to uphold human rights and ethical principles but also to reduce reprisals against any whistleblower. (sfbayview.com)
  • We are in for some very heavy arm wrestling when it comes to protecting even the most core human rights principles. (lu.se)
  • The ILO is closely engaged with the United Nations system, through initiatives such as the UN Secretary General's Call to Action for Human Rights , with a view to promoting international labour standards as part of the human rights norms and standards which lie at the basis of the 2030 Agenda . (ilo.org)
  • Because cultural norms around the world differ, there may be cultural reticence on behalf of some employees to find their voice, raise up concerns and exercise their right to engage through one of the mechanisms provided above. (steelcase.com)
  • There have always been gaps between the norms of human rights on paper and how different countries implement them. (lu.se)
  • But today we see that a number of the larger middle-income countries are challenging human rights norms in different ways. (lu.se)
  • The Ministry of Public Health along with Ministry of Women's Affairs, Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission and the World Health Organization observed the end of annual 16 days of activism campaign against gender based violence (GBV) on Human Rights Day, 10th December 2017. (who.int)
  • For all these reasons, UNODC is committed to a human rights-based approach that integrates respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion, into all areas of its work. (unodc.org)
  • Within its sphere of influence, TAG HEUER supports the values, freedoms and fundamental rights promoted in these texts. (tagheuer.com)
  • It has also affirmed that it is essential that "citizens are educated on human rights and fundamental freedoms" (Moscow 1991). (osce.org)
  • The civil rights to the freedoms of speech , religion , assembly, association , and so on do not specify the content of the speech, the theology of the religion or the purpose of the assembly or association. (opendemocracy.net)
  • rights in technology and civic freedoms. (business-humanrights.org)
  • Learn about how you can report a human rights violation. (ohchr.org)
  • Or would that be a violation of their rights? (reason.com)
  • The Human Rights Clinic represents Jessica Lenahan, the petitioner in Jessica Lenahan (Gonzales) v. United States -a groundbreaking decision from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) finding the U.S. in violation of its human rights obligations in the context of domestic violence. (miami.edu)
  • Watch closely as a policeman in civilian clothing kicks an 18 year old girl in the face while handcuffed, in a clear violation of human rights agreements. (wlcentral.org)
  • Under the Act, an actionable offense occurs only when there's a gross violation of internationally-recognized human rights, which has the meaning given to it in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. (frc.org)
  • Many of the basic ideas that animated the human rights movement developed in the aftermath of the Second World War and the events of the Holocaust, culminating in the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Paris by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. (wikipedia.org)
  • Established by the U.N. General Assembly in 1948, it lists a series of common human rights standards for all nations and people. (deloitte.com)
  • More than fifty years after the drafting and adoption of the historic Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, with its purpose of establishing a "common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations," human rights parlance has now achieved the status of a global lingua franca . (encyclopedia.com)
  • These rights, and our need to speak out for them, are as relevant today as when first declared in 1948. (cmha.ca)
  • Among the oldest evidence of human rights is the Cyrus Cylinder dated from 6th Century BCE, it had rights like no slavery, worship of your own religion, and racial equality. (wikipedia.org)
  • ODIHR and the European Union share the view that sustainable peace, development and prosperity cannot exist without respect for democracy, the rule of law, human rights and gender equality. (osce.org)
  • Canton spoke Wednesday about these issues alongside fellow human rights advocates, as well as African journalists and LGBT activists, who collectively agreed that the current state of both press freedom and LGBT equality across Africa is "unacceptable. (ipsnews.net)
  • Clarifying and cross-examining the morality of human rights, Michael J. Perry discusses their connection to moral equality and moral freedom, as well as exploring the significance of anti-poverty human rights. (e-elgar.com)
  • The human right to moral equality and the constitutional right to equal protection 4. (e-elgar.com)
  • Additionally, in 2022 we commenced a new programme of human rights control audits. (g4s.com)
  • The new Grassroots Initiative, organised by members of the UCL Student Human Rights Programme, will serve to do just that. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • The UCL Student Human Rights Programme is a dynamic and pro-active human rights organisation. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • This issue contains eleven articles by students and recent alumni from the Human Rights Studies Bachelor programme. (lu.se)
  • Learn more about the Faculty's Master's programme in International Human Rights Law. (lu.se)
  • They are commonly understood as inalienable, fundamental rights "to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being" and which are "inherent in all human beings", regardless of their age, ethnic origin, location, language, religion, ethnicity, or any other status. (wikipedia.org)
  • Suppose future space exploration discovers a planet populated by highly intelligent beings, with an exquisitely rich culture dating back several millennia, who look not at all human. (reason.com)
  • The roots of human rights reach back into history as long as human beings have struggled for liberty and justice, yet the modern international human rights movement only took shape, through the agency of the United Nations , in the wake of World War II . (encyclopedia.com)
  • As human beings, we all should behave with other politely. (amnestyusa.org)
  • Even basic knowledge of rights and duties that, as human beings, we should observe, will help make a considerable difference to the way many approach every day social situations. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • At CMHA, we emphasize that our rights as human beings include the right to safe and secure housing, to employment, to adequate financial resources and to be included in our society. (cmha.ca)
  • Article 25 goes on to say that, as human beings, we must enjoy the right to security, regardless of any sickness or disability. (cmha.ca)
  • Federal immigration enforcement policies, including border enforcement measures by Customs and Border Protection (CBP), have led to an increase in racial profiling, border killings, and denial of due process rights. (aclu.org)
  • This law enables the U.S. government to place financial sanctions on foreign individuals responsible for "extrajudicial killings, torture, or other gross violations of internationally recognized human rights. (frc.org)
  • be a part of the doctoral and early career researcher community affiliated with the Centre for Rights and Anti-Colonial Justice , and participate in the research-in-progress seminars and other events of the Centre. (sussex.ac.uk)
  • A human rights-based approach is at the centre of all measures emanating from the COSP mandates, regardless of the type of activity: delivering technical assistance, training and capacity-building, creating innovative knowledge or building confidence among different stakeholders. (unodc.org)
  • Phil became Executive Director of Business & Human Rights Resource Centre in 2013. (business-humanrights.org)
  • Prior to joining the Resource Centre Phil was Director of Campaigns and Policy at Oxfam GB, joining them after 11 years in Latin America working on human rights and indigenous rights. (business-humanrights.org)
  • The true forerunner of human rights discourse was the concept of natural rights which appeared as part of the medieval natural law tradition that became prominent during the European Enlightenment with such philosophers as John Locke, Francis Hutcheson and Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui and which featured prominently in the political discourse of the American Revolution and the French Revolution. (wikipedia.org)
  • The true forerunner of human rights discourse was the concept of natural rights which appeared as part of the medieval natural law tradition. (wikipedia.org)
  • For decades, it has been a trusted source of expert ideas, opinions, and discourse on a diverse array of topics in the human and civil rights arena. (americanbar.org)
  • There are also valuable accounts of the semantic, political, and theological wranglings that shaped the emergent human rights discourse. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The unnecessary language in H.R. 6968 would modify the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act enacted in 2016. (frc.org)
  • The country continued to experience significant adverse changes in its human rights situation due to its intervention in the conflict in northern Ethiopia, which began in November 2020 and continued throughout the year. (state.gov)
  • In February 2020, the Clinic published a law review article in the Harvard Latinx Law Review that discusses how anti-immigrant laws violate the international human rights law to which the United States is bound. (miami.edu)
  • A new global governance regime for plastics is needed to mitigate their environmental, health and human rights impacts, especially in the Pacific 'Large Ocean Small Islands Developing States' - A tale of flooding bathrooms. (iucn.org)
  • The impacts of plastics on human health, the environment and food security all i nfringe on fundamental human rights protected under international human rights law. (iucn.org)
  • Remediation is an integral part of our responsibility to respect human and labor rights, and we are committed to providing effective grievance mechanisms and access to remedy in situations where we may have inadvertently caused or contributed to, or be perceived to have caused or contributed to, adverse human or labor rights impacts. (steelcase.com)
  • Regardless of the grievance mechanism employed, Steelcase policy protects employees from being threatened or punished in any way for reporting suspected violations of our policies or adverse human or labor rights impacts. (steelcase.com)
  • They draw global attention to the human rights impacts (positive and negative) of companies in their region, seek responses from companies when civil society raises concerns, and establish close contacts with grassroots NGOs, local businesspeople, and others. (business-humanrights.org)
  • A 2012 report by Amnesty complained that persons guilty of major human-rights violations during the civil war had still not been brought to justice, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's call for the establishment of a criminal tribunal to prosecute such cases had still not been heeded. (wikipedia.org)
  • UNODC's governing bodies, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) and the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) have further consistently provided UNODC with specific mandates, such as the need to integrate human rights in responses to drugs, crime and terrorism. (unodc.org)
  • The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) and the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), as governing bodies of UNODC, provide UNODC with specific mandates, which consistently indicate the need to integrate human rights in States' response to drugs, crime and terrorism, through various resolutions . (unodc.org)
  • Priority areas include gender and racial justice, immigrant and Indigenous women's rights, and the rights to housing, health, and food. (miami.edu)
  • On the two issues we're discussing today, the administration should be more straightforward, open and critical about these issues occurring in many countries in Africa," Santiago A. Canton, director of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights, an advocacy group here, told IPS. (ipsnews.net)
  • This is a time that we have to think about how we're addressing sexual minorities' rights overseas," Kerry Kennedy, president of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights , said in Wednesday's discussion. (ipsnews.net)
  • Baba Jahahara never fails to offer up the beauty of humanity in community with his garden of loved ones transitioning, revolutions building, justice promising, freedom awaiting, movement posturing, humans imagining and congratulating outstanding achievements acknowledged. (sfbayview.com)
  • By bringing together several research disciplines, the profile area can promote human rights as effective tools for justice, while simultaneously strengthening democratic ideals, that are today threatened by authoritarianism, violence and inequaliy. (lu.se)
  • We have commenced a review of our human rights guidance for managers and our due diligence framework guidance. (g4s.com)
  • Miami Law's Human Rights Clinic developed a human rights framework for improving law enforcement responses to gender-based violence, as well as a series of country case studies, focused on Canada, Brazil, and the U.S., assessing good practices and challenges using this framework. (miami.edu)
  • In February 2019, the Human Rights Clinic launched two surveys in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole, geared towards survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and their advocates in South Florida on their experience with law enforcement responses to domestic violence and sexual assault. (miami.edu)
  • According to the sustainability risk assessment project that we carried out in 2021, the human rights themes of particular importance to Wärtsilä are health and safety, and fair labour practices, which include fair employment conditions, freedom of association, non-discrimination, and non-harassment. (wartsila.com)
  • The CND supervises the application of the international drug control conventions and promotes the implementation of all international drug policy commitments in conformity with international human rights obligations. (unodc.org)
  • The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is implementing the Promoting Democratization and Human Rights in Belarus project to assist the country in meeting its OSCE commitments and other international obligations with respect to the rule of law, human rights and equal participation of women in democratic processes. (osce.org)
  • The development of positive obligations has been one of the hallmarks of the work of the European Court of Human Rights in interpreting the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). (lu.se)
  • Across the UN human rights apparatus we can see a similar dynamic emerging, in which - in the absence of principled limits on the scope or scale of intervention of the State in society - positive obligations appear to be relentlessly expanding, and far beyond what was envisaged by the drafters of the relevant treaties. (lu.se)
  • Given the extensive regulatory functions of the State and the enormous breadth of state activities, any harm could potentially be a ground for making an argument that the State failed to fulfil its positive human rights obligations by failing to prevent or mitigate harm or risk. (lu.se)
  • On February 7, human rights activist Hadj Ghermoul, 37, was sentenced to six months in prison for "offending a state institution" after he posted a picture of himself carrying a sign near the northwestern city of Mascara expressing opposition to a fifth mandate for President Bouteflika. (hrw.org)
  • Egyptian human right activist with chained hands during a protest against torture in police stations. (amnestyusa.org)
  • Yet for Wael Abbas, a prominent Egyptian journalist, blogger and human rights activist, the blame rests primarily on the U.S. government alone. (ipsnews.net)
  • Right this minute, there are prisoners of conscience languishing in cells, people on death row waiting for the end to come, and human rights defenders looking over their shoulders wondering if today is the day the death threats will be carried out. (amnestyusa.org)
  • PhD student Valentina works in the FORMAS-funded project Environmental Human Rights Defenders - Change Agents at the Crossroads of Climate change, Biodiversity and Cultural Conservation. (lu.se)
  • She hopes her research will contribute to an understanding and visibilization of the transformative role that Environmental Human Rights Defenders can play within multiple crises, focusing not only on their experiences as victims of violence and threats, but going beyond what they resist, and delve into what it is they propose, enact and defend. (lu.se)
  • In my PhD research I will explore the role of Environmental Human Rights Defenders as agents of change for cultural and biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation, focusing on two case studies in the Colombian Amazon rainforest from an intersectional decolonial perspective. (lu.se)
  • Intersectionality and decolonial perspectives are a key lens to understand and support the transformative role of Environmental Human Rights Defenders, to dimension their vulnerability, understand the obstacles they face and the different violences they are exposed to. (lu.se)
  • Such a lens also helps contextualize and qualify the transformations Environmental Human Rights Defenders mobilize as agents of change for cultural and biodiversity conservation and to identify how to support their roles. (lu.se)
  • Environmental Human Rights Defenders are at the forefront of the global fight against biodiversity loss, environmental degradation, extractivism, cultural erasure and the protection of the climate. (lu.se)
  • Because of this, across the world Environmental Human Rights Defenders suffer a diverse range of violence, threats and intimidation from those who find their economic and political interests challenged by their activism. (lu.se)
  • Increasingly, the UN human rights system is engaging on matters relating to sustainability, including promoting and protecting the rights of environmental defenders, and identifying rights-based approaches to climate finance, biodiversity and conservation finance, and a just transition. (lu.se)
  • This includes promoting and protecting the rights of environmental defenders, identifying rights-based approaches to climate finance, biodiversity and conservation finance, and a just transition, and the work of thematic experts on human rights and environment, climate change, toxics, and the rights of Indigenous Peoples, among others. (lu.se)
  • Since the end of the Civil War in 2003, however, there has been a great deal of activity by a number of international organizations with the objective of establishing in Liberia a solid democracy based on human rights. (wikipedia.org)
  • Human Rights Watch was joined by other major scientific organizations in its statement, including the American Sociological Association and the New York Academy of Sciences Committee for the Human Rights of Scientists. (hrw.org)
  • The Major Crimes Task Force (MCTF), also under the Ministry of Interior, investigates major crimes including government corruption, human trafficking, and criminal organizations. (state.gov)
  • Freedom of association: We respect and recognize the right of workers to negotiate collectively, and to create or join labor organizations of their choice without any sanction, discrimination or harassment. (tagheuer.com)
  • Preserving Human Rights Around the World explores the crisis of human rights violations, and the people and organizations that are working to eliminate the problems. (gale.com)
  • The Office conducts training programmes for government and law-enforcement officials and non-governmental organizations on how to uphold, promote and monitor human rights. (osce.org)
  • The constitution, moreover, explicitly empowers organizations like CELDF to enforce nature's fundamental rights. (discovery.org)
  • The very rapid developments in this area have prompted the Council of Europe to focus on the ethical and legal issues raised by applications of genetics and to draw up legal instruments to protect fundamental human rights with respect to these applications. (coe.int)
  • The Finnish Ecumenical Council has established a Responsibility Week campaign that focus on international human rights. (evl.fi)
  • The Concerned Network of Women partnered with the United Council of Human Services, governed by Gwendolyn Westbrook and Dr. Betty McGee, to issue hand warmers and hot chili to homeless people. (sfbayview.com)
  • Thematic audits of specific human rights matters are conducted by internal audit. (g4s.com)
  • In March 2014, the Human Rights Clinic participated in a thematic hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to look at the impact of Stand Your Ground laws on minority groups throughout the United States. (miami.edu)
  • Human rights advocacy has continued into the early 21st century, centered around achieving greater economic and political freedom. (wikipedia.org)
  • It urges the Chinese government to "respect the freedom indispensable for scientific research" as guaranteed in Article 15 (4) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which China signed in 1997 and ratified in February 2001. (hrw.org)
  • April 3, 2001 - The Human Rights Watch Academic Freedom Committee today sent a letter to Chinese President Jiang Zemin to protest the detentions. (hrw.org)
  • For vulnerable people isolated in coercive or violent households, being unable to work from an office and also having further restriction on the right to freedom of movement can have consequences for their personal safety, mental health and well-being. (deloitte.com)
  • We work to ensure that there is freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining in the company. (wartsila.com)
  • Despite the voluminous output of literature on human rights, scholarly analysis of the promotion and protection of the freedom of religion and belief, and the ambivalent relationship of human rights concepts to religious traditions, only started to become apparent in the 1980s - subsequent to the development of specific international human rights instruments. (encyclopedia.com)
  • International developments in the last few years with regard to freedom of religion and belief have forced the hand of scholars to pay more attention to what is possibly the most controversial of rights. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Freedom is the goal rather than the ground of human rights. (opendemocracy.net)
  • Achieving the conditions for freedom - human rights - is humanity's overriding moral obligation. (opendemocracy.net)
  • To answer these questions, we have to understand the relation between rights and freedom. (opendemocracy.net)
  • My claim will be that rights are ultimately rights to freedom. (opendemocracy.net)
  • Understanding freedom as the goal rather than the ground of rights gives us an insight into how the two types of rights function together. (opendemocracy.net)
  • For Hobbes, who considers the natural state of man a "war of everyone against everyone," human freedom is also prior to society. (opendemocracy.net)
  • Without the legal right to protect autonomy and bodily integrity, without the legal right to freedom of thought, speech, conscience and religious belief, we are no longer free. (nvic.org)
  • Although the policy agenda for next week's summit has received praise for its proactive stance on energy, security and economic development, human rights advocates from both Africa and the U.S. are specifically condemning the agenda's lack of concern over two critical humanitarian issues: freedom of expression and rights for the LGBT community. (ipsnews.net)
  • Citing terrorism laws, access to funding, and discrimination against independent media as some of Africa's main obstacles to free expression, Wednesday's panel spoke first and foremost about the need for press freedom to be recognised as not only a human right, but also as a key factor in development. (ipsnews.net)
  • This is a right that leads to other rights," Frank La Rue, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, said Wednesday. (ipsnews.net)
  • Arthur Gwagwa, a Zimbabwean human rights defender and freedom of expression advocate, agrees that the U.S. should take more initiative in protecting freedom of expression and ensuring governmental compliance in Africa, informing IPS of a set of policy recommendations to address at next week's summit. (ipsnews.net)
  • The Socialists and Greens in Spain are on the verge of granting the rights to life, liberty, and freedom from torture to great apes and devolve humans into a "community of equals" with chimpanzees and gorillas. (discovery.org)
  • Climate change is a threat to human rights. (lu.se)
  • Yet despite the clearly established principle that discrimination and abuse based on immigration status are violations of human rights, U.S. government policies continue to sanction human rights violations against migrants and im-migrants. (aclu.org)
  • The suits, relying on statutory and common law, argue that Tommy, Merlin, Reba, and other chimps currently being held in captivity deserve to be recognized as legal persons with certain fundamental rights: liberty and bodily integrity. (reason.com)
  • For example, many bioethicists assert that being human alone does not convey moral value, rather an individual must exhibit "relevant" cognitive capacities to claim the rights to life and bodily integrity. (discovery.org)
  • Smith is a senior fellow with the Discovery Institute, which advocates for intelligent design and opposes the idea that humans "descended from apes. (reason.com)
  • The course advocates and applies an interdisciplinary approach to the study of human rights which is reflected in the teaching, the choice of topics and the required reading. (lu.se)
  • A moral right advanced as a legal right. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Rights, properly understood, are moral entitlements embodied in law to protect all people. (discovery.org)
  • Animal rights ideology similarly denies the intrinsic value of being human, claiming that we and animals are moral equals based on our common capacity to feel pain, a concept known as "painience. (discovery.org)
  • To begin, we define human rights using the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). (deloitte.com)
  • Human Rights Day is observed every December 10th on the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (cmha.ca)
  • Human rights encompass many aspects of a person's life. (lu.se)
  • So, how might businesses protect themselves by respecting human rights while facing the evolving health, safety and economic challenges of COVID-19? (deloitte.com)
  • Businesses may also face the challenge of respecting the right to work , including just and favourable work conditions. (deloitte.com)
  • Our Code of Conduct and Policy on human rights, equal opportunities, and fair employment practices define common rules, and provide guidance for all employees on respecting human and labour rights and fair employment practices. (wartsila.com)
  • From this foundation, the modern human rights arguments emerged over the latter half of the 20th century, possibly as a reaction to slavery, torture, genocide and war crimes, as a realization of inherent human vulnerability and as being a precondition for the possibility of a just society. (wikipedia.org)
  • Poverty as a human rights issue 10 Vulnerability theory and the morality of human rights: Complementary, not competitive Conclusion: Human rights inflation? (e-elgar.com)
  • A Human rights perspective : women, vulnerability and HIV/AIDS / Adriana Gómez and Deborah Meacham, eds. (who.int)
  • Human and labour rights are also included as part of the requirements stated in the Wärtsilä Supplier Handbook , as well as in our supplier risk assessment and compliance assurance procedures. (wartsila.com)
  • Today, international labour standards give expression to human rights in the civil and political, as well as in the economic, social and cultural sphere. (ilo.org)
  • Led by our Global Human Rights Policy, which was launched in 2022, human rights matters are embedded into key business policies and processes, such as our Ethics Codes, Human Trafficking Policy, labour management standards and the G4S Supplier Code of Conduct that was refreshed in 2022. (g4s.com)
  • We conduct human rights due-diligence reviews of major international business opportunities, as part of the executive review process. (g4s.com)
  • Additionally, human rights considerations and international best practices are incorporated within various guidelines, such as the Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety Policy , which sets priorities for enhancing health and safety in our business operations. (wartsila.com)
  • Liberia is a signatory of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. (wikipedia.org)
  • Civil and political rights, in abstracting from specific content, are value-neutral. (opendemocracy.net)
  • Civil and political rights, because of their abstract quality, claim to be universal. (opendemocracy.net)
  • Magna Carta is an English charter originally issued in 1215 which influenced the development of the common law and many later constitutional documents related to human rights, such as the 1689 English Bill of Rights, the 1789 United States Constitution, and the 1791 United States Bill of Rights. (wikipedia.org)
  • LGBT activists, human rights observers and police officers wait outside a courtroom in Uganda's constitutional court on Jun 25, 2012. (ipsnews.net)
  • These and the rest of Ecuador's flora and fauna all now have the constitutional and legally enforceable right to exist, persist, and regenerate their vital cycles. (discovery.org)
  • people around the world in an effective independent organization fighting to free prisoners of conscience, stop torture, and ensure that every person enjoys full human rights. (amnestyusa.org)
  • He defended Black prisoners against racist attacks and stood up for the basic human rights of prisoners. (sfbayview.com)
  • The Human Rights Clinic works to strengthen responses to gender-based violence, including domestic violence and sexual assault, locally in Miami, nationally and globally, through the Human Rights Program's COURAGE Initiative. (miami.edu)
  • The newly updated edition of the commitments that all OSCE countries have made to strengthen democracy and respect for human rights across the region. (osce.org)
  • While President Obama has unveiled specific initiatives to strengthen U.S. development work on the continent and connect it to core national security objectives, he has not done the same for human rights and the rule of law," Sarah Margon, Washington director of Human Rights Watch, said in the group's 2014 Human Rights in Africa report. (ipsnews.net)
  • The research hub will enable human rights researchers to strengthen and rethink their work to address today's major challenges. (lu.se)
  • With all the social quandaries present in their lives - walls of solitude, the loss of basic human rights - pollution, climate change and healthy ecosystems must seem so distantly important: an issue for the free. (sfbayview.com)
  • In particular, the challenges of growing economic inequality and climate change are emphasised as having profound relevance to the morality of human rights. (e-elgar.com)
  • The research area covers questions of how to protect human rights at a time of great global challenges brought about by climate change, armed conflict, pandemics, and new technologies. (lu.se)
  • The field of Human Rights addresses challenges related to growing inequality gaps between rich and poor, refugee and migration movements, health, the climate crisis, conflicts and new technologies. (lu.se)
  • Should the Nonhuman Rights Project prevail, "the deleterious cultural and economic consequences would be staggering. (reason.com)
  • The case is quite different for economic, cultural and social rights. (opendemocracy.net)
  • Thus, while my right to expressing my opinion need not impact yours, this is not the case for the economic rights the UN covenant endorses. (opendemocracy.net)
  • Focus is placed on the cultural, social, economic and political factors that prevent or promote the protection for human rights in different societies in East and South-East Asia. (lu.se)
  • The area is enriched by critical research that directs attention to the constraints imposed by deeper economic, social, and political structures for the full realization of rights. (lu.se)
  • 17th century English philosopher John Locke discussed natural rights in his work, identifying them as being "life, liberty, and estate (property)", and argued that such fundamental rights could not be surrendered in the social contract. (wikipedia.org)
  • The UN Human Rights Office and the mechanisms we support work on a wide range of human rights topics. (ohchr.org)
  • However, we are clear that, as a business, we have a responsibility to ensure that we are not at risk of violating human rights through the services we provide, the customers with whom we work, the suppliers we use, or through the treatment of our colleagues and others in our care. (g4s.com)
  • The normative foundation of the United Nations' work on the rule of law is the Charter of the United Nations and the body of international law, including international human rights law, international criminal law, international refugee law, and international humanitarian law. (unodc.org)
  • ODIHR will provide assistance to Belarus based on the Office's extensive experience in democratization and human rights work across the OSCE region. (osce.org)
  • Indeed, diaconal work is human rights work by its very nature: it steps in to support those in the greatest need and seeks to influence decision-making about the issues affecting society. (evl.fi)
  • In recent years, the Church has sought to combat human trafficking both through this campaign and its ongoing international rights work. (evl.fi)
  • The work of the election management bodies has a direct impact on the quality and integrity of electoral and referendum processes and is one of the keys to ensuring the rights of voters and contestants. (osce.org)
  • The aim of the course is to enable students to critically analyse the problems and future prospects of human rights work in East and South-East Asia. (lu.se)
  • Furthermore, it provides an introduction to local and regional debates about human rights and human rights work, focusing especially on the considerable differences between different states and NGOs with regard to work and priorities with regard to human rights. (lu.se)
  • We operate human rights controls, due-diligence frameworks, and control self-assessments for higher risk businesses, which are integrated into risk and compliance systems. (g4s.com)
  • 1. The existence, nature and scope of corporate responsibilities regarding human rights: `soft law' instruments at international level and relevant legal frameworks at national level. (lu.se)
  • Table 3-06 includes resources for travelers with disabilities to help them gather information about accommodations and human rights frameworks at their destination. (cdc.gov)
  • These issues were among those raised in the 1st UN Pacific Forum on Business and Human Rights held in Suva and virtually last December. (iucn.org)
  • 2/5 · knowledge about current academic debates around the construction of a polycentric `business and human rights' governance regime. (lu.se)
  • ODIHR activities will include provision of expert assistance to analyse existing legislation on education, to set the priorities for human rights education and to help develop educational planning documents and a teaching curriculum. (osce.org)
  • Despite the many challenges that 2022 brought, ODIHR continued to assist countries throughout the OSCE region in strengthening democracy and respect for human rights. (osce.org)
  • ODIHR is closely monitoring the deteriorating security situation in Ukraine and its impact on human rights in the country and across the OSCE region. (osce.org)
  • The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) provides support, assistance and expertise to participating States and civil society to promote democracy, rule of law, human rights and tolerance and non-discrimination. (osce.org)
  • The ultimate goal, Smith writes, is "to prohibit all domestication of animals" and "destroy human exceptionalism. (reason.com)
  • This doctrine of human exceptionalism has been under assault in recent decades from many quarters. (discovery.org)
  • Our respect for human rights is core to the sustainable success of the business and continues to be an important part of our risk assessment and mitigation process. (g4s.com)
  • UNODC mandates, as enshrined in the drug control conventions , the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols Thereto (UNTOC) , all reaffirm the importance of full respect for human rights. (unodc.org)
  • Since 1984, our mission is to promote universal respect for human rights and humanitarian law. (lu.se)
  • The projects of the Human Rights Clinic cover the full range of human rights advocacy. (miami.edu)
  • Human Rights Law at the Faculty of Law. (lu.se)
  • Human rights violations can be significant issues for some businesses, causing reputational damage, fines, or loss of revenue. (deloitte.com)
  • The former communist countries of Europe and Eurasia have embraced, at least in theory, democracy and human rights, occasioning significant religious pluralization and conflict. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Accordingly, we provide significant training and communication to encourage all employees to raise up concerns and exercise their right to engage without fear of reprisal, intimidation, harassment, or retaliation and, in confidence. (steelcase.com)
  • Augustine was among the earliest to examine the legitimacy of the laws of man, and attempt to define the boundaries of what laws and rights occur naturally based on wisdom and conscience, instead of being arbitrarily imposed by mortals, and if people are obligated to obey laws that are unjust. (wikipedia.org)
  • The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country. (aclu.org)
  • 5: Enforcing Human Rights Laws. (gale.com)
  • Abortion is a normalized, silent genocide, and laws like Alabama's will hopefully wake up society about how desensitized to this destruction of human life we have become. (cnn.com)
  • At the same time, while we respect national or local law, we view those laws as floors and where international human rights standards exceed national or local law, we seek to align our business practices and operations with international standards. (steelcase.com)
  • And wouldn't that make more sense than attributing human rights to mannequins-which look very much like humans, but have no human capacities? (reason.com)
  • Emphasising the role of human rights as the only true global political morality to arise since the Second World War, chapters explore its role as applied to often controversial issues, such as capital punishment, the exclusion of same-sex couples from civil marriage and criminal abortion bans. (e-elgar.com)
  • We provide cutting edge and policy-oriented research and analysis to see and understand core human rights issues. (lu.se)
  • Human rights law is a broad area of research that addresses and critically examines issues and problems arising in ongoing efforts to secure full protection of human rights in different contexts, whether it is in the workplace, healthcare, or foreign affairs, and in relation to different actors (both states and non-state actors, such as corporations). (lu.se)
  • Because of this shift to faster decisions, some practices during the pandemic may have been (inadvertently) in direct conflict with certain human rights. (deloitte.com)
  • The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is the leading United Nations entity in the field of human rights, with a unique mandate to promote and protect all human rights for all people. (ohchr.org)
  • Our recommendations show the way how to better protect the rights of insured people in an increasingly international market," he added. (coe.int)
  • Protecting the right to life and right to health can be challenging for organisations as they try to strike a balance between keeping people healthy and safe, while maintaining day-to-day business operations. (deloitte.com)
  • Why do people have rights in the first place? (reason.com)
  • Food is a right of everybody and we need to make the government realize it needs to be more sensitive to the needs of its people. (slowfood.com)
  • The Christian faith affirms that every human being is made in the image of God and has an inherent value that affects how people should be treated. (evl.fi)
  • These rights must always include people with mental illnesses. (cmha.ca)
  • Persons and people have the fundamental rights guaranteed in this Constitution and in the international human rights instruments. (discovery.org)
  • Evicting the homeless serves little purpose, other than further implying that homeless people have no human and/or civil rights. (sfbayview.com)
  • The strong claims made by the doctrine of human rights continue to provoke considerable scepticism and debates about the content, nature and justifications of human rights to this day. (wikipedia.org)
  • In leaving the choice up to the individual, these rights purposefully abstract from the content of this choice. (opendemocracy.net)
  • For a society to honor these rights involves specific choices with regard to its social content and collective organization. (opendemocracy.net)
  • WASHINGTON, Jul 31 2014 (IPS) - As the White House prepares to host more than 40 African heads of state for the upcoming U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, civil society actors from the U.S., Africa and the international community are urging the Barack Obama administration to use the summit as an opportunity to more thoroughly address some of Africa's most pressing human rights violations. (ipsnews.net)
  • This principle was most eloquently enunciated in the Declaration of Independence's assertion that we are all created equal and endowed with inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. (discovery.org)
  • The doctrine of human rights has been highly influential within international law and global and regional institutions. (wikipedia.org)
  • UPDATE June 19, 2001 - Testimony from Liu Yingli , Li Shaomin's wife, Donghua Xue , Gao Zhan's husband, and Mike Jendrzejczyk , Washington director of Human Rights Watch's Asia division, before the House Committee on International Relations. (hrw.org)
  • Submitting a shadow report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee. (miami.edu)
  • UN Human Rights welcomes your queries. (ohchr.org)
  • While Human Rights Watch welcomes the release of these scholars, it denounced the numerous violations of Chinese and international standards of due process in the handling of their cases. (hrw.org)