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Towards A New General Comment On Article 20 Of The Iccpr: Exploring The Common Ground Between Freedom Of Expression And Freedom Of Religion Through The Concept Of Freedom From Vilification: The Danish Cartoons Case, Ahmad Ali Sharief Dec 2007

Towards A New General Comment On Article 20 Of The Iccpr: Exploring The Common Ground Between Freedom Of Expression And Freedom Of Religion Through The Concept Of Freedom From Vilification: The Danish Cartoons Case, Ahmad Ali Sharief

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A Study Of The Relationship Between American Evangelicals And Human Rights, Amy Rachel Timmons Stumpf Dec 2007

A Study Of The Relationship Between American Evangelicals And Human Rights, Amy Rachel Timmons Stumpf

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Human rights violations and abuses affect every region of the globe. The most recent Amnesty International Annual Report details violations in 149 countries. While there are no simple solutions to a problem of this magnitude and complexity, the support of powerful social groups can help in providing relief to the victims, pressure on abusive governments, legal consequences for abusers, and other resources in combating the violence that seems to chronically plague over our world. One of the most powerful groups, with tremendous social capital, is American evangelicals. Evangelicalism, even given the loose and informal organizational structures, is one of the …


Engendering Empowerment? : Rethinking Gender Mainstreaming Policy In "Post - Conflict" Afghanistan, Kavita Kapur Jun 2007

Engendering Empowerment? : Rethinking Gender Mainstreaming Policy In "Post - Conflict" Afghanistan, Kavita Kapur

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Primary Education, Human Rights, And Customary International Law: A Case Study Of Refugee Children In Cairo, Jennifer G Renquist Jun 2007

Primary Education, Human Rights, And Customary International Law: A Case Study Of Refugee Children In Cairo, Jennifer G Renquist

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Palestinian Refugees And Canadian Sanctuary: A Way Through The Protection Gap?, Rounwah Adly Riyadh Saeed Bseiso May 2007

Palestinian Refugees And Canadian Sanctuary: A Way Through The Protection Gap?, Rounwah Adly Riyadh Saeed Bseiso

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Rights Of Muslim Converts To Christianity In Egypt, Hebatallah Ghali Feb 2007

Rights Of Muslim Converts To Christianity In Egypt, Hebatallah Ghali

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“Rights of Muslim Converts to Christianity in Egypt” is a research long-overdue, because converts are increasing in number and they are stripped off their human rights, persecuted by state and society, and considered as apostates civically dead. There is a sharp discrimination and difference in jurisprudence between Court of Administrative Litigation of State Council and State Security Court, which deal with converts. Converts of Christian background are recuperating their civil liberty rights, whereas rights of converts of Muslim background are still violated. I reached this conclusion by tracking the jurisprudential development of the Court of Administrative Litigation, which moved from …


The Rights-Based Approach To Development In The Un Programming Cases Of World Bank And The Undp Millennium Development Goals, Asmaa Ramadan Shiba Mohamed Feb 2007

The Rights-Based Approach To Development In The Un Programming Cases Of World Bank And The Undp Millennium Development Goals, Asmaa Ramadan Shiba Mohamed

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Truth Commissions: A Path To Reconciliation?, May Mohamed Abdel Dayem Feb 2007

Truth Commissions: A Path To Reconciliation?, May Mohamed Abdel Dayem

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