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What Should Organized Human Rights Activism In Africa Become? Contributory Insights From A Comparison Of Ngos And Labor-Led Movements In Nigeria, Obiora Chinedu Okafor
What Should Organized Human Rights Activism In Africa Become? Contributory Insights From A Comparison Of Ngos And Labor-Led Movements In Nigeria, Obiora Chinedu Okafor
Buffalo Human Rights Law Review
What, if anything, might the significantly greater success of Labor-led human rights movements in Nigeria, as compared to the performance of the self-described human rights NGOs that also operate in that country, tell us about the ways to optimize organized human rights activism in Nigeria, and perhaps in the rest of the African continent? This is the central question that animates this article. After a review of the character of and modes of struggle employed by, both kinds of human rights groups, the article argues that the important institutional and conceptual differences that exist between Labor and the NGOs explain …
Reevaluating Self-Determination In A Post-Colonial World, Joshua Dilk
Reevaluating Self-Determination In A Post-Colonial World, Joshua Dilk
Buffalo Human Rights Law Review
No abstract provided.
In Land We Trust': The Endorois' Communication And The Quest For Indigenous Peoples' Rights In Africa, Korir Sing' Oei A., Jared Shepherd
In Land We Trust': The Endorois' Communication And The Quest For Indigenous Peoples' Rights In Africa, Korir Sing' Oei A., Jared Shepherd
Buffalo Human Rights Law Review
This article examines Communication 276/2003, Center for Minority Rights Development (Kenya) and Minority Rights Group International on behalf of the Endorois Welfare Council v. Kenya, argued before the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. The Endorois Communication is one of the first indigenous rights claims to be examined by an international body after the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
This article begins by placing the Communication within the context of the international indigenous rights movement. The authors then explore the Commission's historical use of Articles 60 and 61 of the African Charter …
Returning Home: The Challenge Of Repatriating Foreign Born Child Victims Of Forced Labor From India, Kathleen Kerr
Returning Home: The Challenge Of Repatriating Foreign Born Child Victims Of Forced Labor From India, Kathleen Kerr
Buffalo Human Rights Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Three Ps Of The Trafficking Victims Protection Act: Unaccompanied Undocumented Minors And The Forgotten P In The William Wilberforce Trafficking Prevention Reauthorization Act, Jennifer Nguyen
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Symposium: Introduction, Ann Maclean Massie
Symposium: Introduction, Ann Maclean Massie
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Realizing The International Human Right To Health: The Challenge Of For-Profit Health Care, Eleanor D. Kinney
Realizing The International Human Right To Health: The Challenge Of For-Profit Health Care, Eleanor D. Kinney
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Fundamental Issues And Practical Challenges Of Human Rights In The Context Of The African Union, Moussa Samb
Fundamental Issues And Practical Challenges Of Human Rights In The Context Of The African Union, Moussa Samb
Annual Survey of International & Comparative Law
This paper starts with an overview of the legal issues of the African human rights system. Then, it discusses the main human rights issues and challenges which confront the African system, as democracy, human rights during conflict and development issues. It ends with a brief discussion on a minimal core approach to social and economic rights.
The African Charter On Human And Peoples' Rights: Suggestions For More Effectiveness, U. O. Umozurike
The African Charter On Human And Peoples' Rights: Suggestions For More Effectiveness, U. O. Umozurike
Annual Survey of International & Comparative Law
This paper examines some of the problems of the African Commission, and its shortcomings, all of which gave room for the criticism and, more importantly, suggestions for the greater effectiveness of the Commission. The moderate achievements of the Commission are complicated by what appears to be some doubt about its desirability. The European Commission has been abolished and its functions merged with those of the European Court after it had functioned only long enough to develop human rights standards in Europe. The African Commission has existed for twenty years with inadequate resources and personnel. It is not even mentioned in …
Universal Human Rights: A Generational History, Eric Engle
Universal Human Rights: A Generational History, Eric Engle
Annual Survey of International & Comparative Law
Human rights are universal. Not in the sense of being the same positive laws, at all times and places, but rather as being aspirational goals, at all times and places, and also as containing core values which are indeed universal, such as the right to life (no irrational deprivation of life). Histories of human rights usually propose that the concept has evolved through at least three separate historical waves. This historical account, while roughly accurate, must be clarified as a theoretical construction which corresponds only partially to the historical reality: the rights of women and of non-white persons, in fact, …
The Case For Intervention In The Humanitarian Crisis In The Sudan, Leilani F. Battiste
The Case For Intervention In The Humanitarian Crisis In The Sudan, Leilani F. Battiste
Annual Survey of International & Comparative Law
The humanitarian crisis in Darfur presents one of the greatest challenges to the international community since the coordinated massacre of over 800,000 people in Rwanda in 1994. The mass murder of national, ethnic and tribal groups at the hands of both the Sudanese Government and the pro-Arab, government-backed militias, known as the janjaweed, is deemed responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of black Sudanese in the region. Despite the unmistakable tragedy that has occurred and continues to occur, the international community has utterly failed to respond. Debate over whether the term "genocide" should be used to describe the …
Human Rights And Sharia'h Justice In Nigeria, M. Ozonnia Ojielo
Human Rights And Sharia'h Justice In Nigeria, M. Ozonnia Ojielo
Annual Survey of International & Comparative Law
This article examines the introduction of Sharia'h law in northern Nigeria, both in regard to the fundamental legal provisions of the Nigeria constitution and also as to the international rights conventions to which Nigeria is a signatory. The relationship between the new Sharia'h laws enacted in all 19 northern Nigerian states and the human rights provisions in the 1999 Constitution will be examined under five parameters: the general constitutional provision, protection of freedom of religion the federal status of Nigeria the Islamic state issue, and the politics of the Sharia'h law debate. The Zarnfara state law will be used as …
Towards An African Court Of Human Rights: Structuring And The Court, Vincent O. Orlu Nmehielle
Towards An African Court Of Human Rights: Structuring And The Court, Vincent O. Orlu Nmehielle
Annual Survey of International & Comparative Law
The purpose of this paper is to argue the need for an African Court of Human Rights if African states truly wish to maintain an African human rights mechanism. In other words, for an effective African regional human rights protection and enforcement mechanism to exist, the African system must be made more effective and supplemented with a court of human rights. The proposal for an African Court of Human Rights will require an amendment of the Charter by a treaty or convention. Recent human rights violations include those that took place in Nigeria, in former Zaire under Mobutu Seseko, and …
Implementation Of International Human Rights Norms In Ukrainian Legislation, Myroslava Antonovych
Implementation Of International Human Rights Norms In Ukrainian Legislation, Myroslava Antonovych
Annual Survey of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
International Human Rights And The Kurds, Dr. Amir A. Majid
International Human Rights And The Kurds, Dr. Amir A. Majid
Annual Survey of International & Comparative Law
This article analyses the Kurdish rebellion for autonomy, the actions of the Iraqi forces against them and the measures taken by the United Nations, the United States and other Coalition States to protect the Kurds in the aftermath of the January/February 1991 Gulf War. The International actions will be assessed in light of the present rules of International Law and, in particular, whether they contravene any provision of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
Regenerating Leadership Or Rhetoric?, Marc Alexander C. Gionet
Regenerating Leadership Or Rhetoric?, Marc Alexander C. Gionet
Human Rights & Human Welfare
The new coalition government in the UK is expediting efforts to mark a differentiation from its predecessor. In regards to foreign policy, the Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs, William Hague, has identified human rights as the “irreducible core” in his initial speech of a four-part series intended to outline the new government’s priorities and approach.
Human Rights At The “Core” Of Uk Foreign Policy Requires Respect For Core Human Rights, Erin Mooney
Human Rights At The “Core” Of Uk Foreign Policy Requires Respect For Core Human Rights, Erin Mooney
Human Rights & Human Welfare
The true measure of whether human rights indeed are the "irreducible core" of the UK’s new foreign policy will be the extent to which the coalition government respects and protects “core” human rights.
Uk Foreign Policy And Human Rights, Par Engstrom
Uk Foreign Policy And Human Rights, Par Engstrom
Human Rights & Human Welfare
William Hague’s assertion that human rights should constitute the “irreducible core” of foreign policy under the new UK coalition government may seem a radical departure for the new Foreign Secretary. Hague is, after all, a leading figure in the British Conservative Party, which in its recent election manifesto called for the repeal of the UK’s Human Rights Act that incorporates the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law. Given this profound ambivalence over the substantive value of human rights at home, the new UK government is not likely to adopt more assertive human rights policies abroad. Human rights advocates …
August Roundtable: Human Rights And Foreign Policy Introduction
August Roundtable: Human Rights And Foreign Policy Introduction
Human Rights & Human Welfare
An annotation of:
“A humane nation is a safer nation” by Tom Porteous. The Guardian. July 7, 2010.
Doing Well By Doing Good, Alison Brysk
Doing Well By Doing Good, Alison Brysk
Human Rights & Human Welfare
As Tom Porteous contends in The Guardian, "a humane nation is a safer nation"—and ultimately, a more prosperous, healthy, happy, and green one too. My recent book, Global Good Samaritans, explores how half a dozen disparate nations came to adopt relatively humanitarian foreign policies, and how this has benefited global governance and their own development. Let us explore the lessons of history that inspired the real (albeit uneven) contributions of countries like Sweden, Canada, and Costa Rica—and why this should inspire more states like the UK to become active human rights promoters.
All Politics Are Suboptimal, Todd Landman
All Politics Are Suboptimal, Todd Landman
Human Rights & Human Welfare
Despite its intentions and founding principles, the United Nations is fundamentally a political organization and therefore subject to the machinations of states as they seek to maximize their self interest, protect their reputations, and advance their power. The UN Security Council itself is a product of World War II and reflects a settlement from the end of the war that many perceive as highly inappropriate to the balance of power and global realities of the world today.
Overcoming History And Human Rights At The Un, Sonia Cardenas
Overcoming History And Human Rights At The Un, Sonia Cardenas
Human Rights & Human Welfare
Criticism is most useful when it imagines viable alternatives. This is why the most recent wave of outrage over the elections to the UN Human Rights Council seems counter-productive. Yes, egregious human rights violators have been elected to the Council. Yes, Iran was kept off the Council in exchange for a seat on the women’s rights commission . And, yes, the elections were uncontested, with regional blocs putting forth the same number of candidates as vacancies. These facts have led observers to describe the body as a farce, as all pretense, and to decry US participation in the Council.
July Roundtable: The Un And Human Rights Introduction
July Roundtable: The Un And Human Rights Introduction
Human Rights & Human Welfare
An annotation of:
“Another human-rights irony at the U.N.” by Anne Applebaum. The Washington Post. May 4, 2010.
and
“UN elects rights violators to Human Rights Council” by Edith M. Lederer. Associated Press. May 13, 2010.
Perpetrators In Their Midst, David Akerson
Perpetrators In Their Midst, David Akerson
Human Rights & Human Welfare
The two articles, “Another Human-Rights Irony at the U.N.” by Anne Applebaum and “UN Elects Rights Violators to Human Rights Council” by Edith Lederer, both set forth the problems encountered by the UN Human Rights Council and its predecessor, the Human Rights Commission. Namely, that member states with notorious human rights records will exploit the Council to their political advantage. As Applebaum points out in her article, “authoritarian regimes have long battled to join the council...the better to prevent any outsiders from investigating their own governments.”
Human Rights Abusers, The Human Rights Council, And The Un, James Pattison
Human Rights Abusers, The Human Rights Council, And The Un, James Pattison
Human Rights & Human Welfare
The predecessor to the Human Rights Council, the Commission on Human Rights, had several notable failings. These included double standards in the selection of which states were to be subject to scrutiny, membership of the Commission by states notable for their egregious human rights records, and the shielding of the P5 members of the Security Council and their allies from criticism. The Human Rights Council, it was hoped, would avoid these flaws and, in doing so, push human rights further up the UN agenda. For instance, the General Assembly Resolution A/RES/60/251, which set up the Council, claimed that the Council’s …
Human Trafficking For Sexual Exploitation At World Sporting Events, Victoria Hayes
Human Trafficking For Sexual Exploitation At World Sporting Events, Victoria Hayes
Chicago-Kent Law Review
Many members of the international community fear that world sporting events, such as the Olympics and the World Cup, create surges in human trafficking for sexual exploitation, causing women and girls to be exploited for commercial sex while the rest of the world celebrates athleticism and sport. These fears have sparked heated debate about the measures hosting countries should take to prevent human trafficking at these events and the role prostitution policies play in combating human trafficking. In the lead-up to the 2010 Olympics in Canada and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, politicians in both countries proposed legalizing …
May Roundtable: The Downfall Of Human Rights? Introduction
May Roundtable: The Downfall Of Human Rights? Introduction
Human Rights & Human Welfare
An annotation of:
“The Downfall of Human Rights” by Joshua Kurlantzick. Newsweek. February 19, 2010.
A Positive View Of The Trajectory Of The Human Rights Movement, David Akerson
A Positive View Of The Trajectory Of The Human Rights Movement, David Akerson
Human Rights & Human Welfare
In 1988, during the waning days of apartheid in South Africa, I was a young American lawyer working for South African Lawyers for Human Rights in Pretoria. On one occasion, I accompanied some of my African colleagues to a conference, the purpose of which was to begin visualizing post-apartheid South Africa. While the apartheid regime was still in power, it was clearly in hasty retreat, and it was equally clear that its days were numbered. The African majority would soon be taking over the reigns of power, and they were excited to begin visualizing what freedom and human rights might …
Hope, Despair, And Human Rights, James Pattison
Hope, Despair, And Human Rights, James Pattison
Human Rights & Human Welfare
Joshua Kurlantzick's “The Downfall of Human Rights” in Newsweek makes for a sobering read. The major Western states, he argues, are no longer interested in the promotion of human rights, but are instead focused on rebuilding themselves after the global recession. Kurlantzick notes further that the Obama administration avoids strong criticism of China, Russia, and other human rights violators because of its desire to demarcate itself from the previous administration's moralizing democracy promotion. To add to Kurlantzick's case for the West's lack of concern about human rights, one could cite the recent and blatantly human rights-violating anti-terror laws of several …
Premature Judgment, Todd Landman
Premature Judgment, Todd Landman
Human Rights & Human Welfare
Just as Mark Twain said in 1897, “The report of my death was an exaggeration,” many commentators have prematurely reported the death of human rights. For example, in 1999, in The Theory and Reality of the Protection of International Human Rights , J. Shand Watson sees human rights as a “mere fiction” in light of a century of state-sponsored killing. One year later, Costas Douzinas, through an appeal to history, philosophy, and psychoanalysis proclaimed the “end of human rights.” It is thus no surprise that the article by Joshua Kurlantzick is yet another attempt to warn us that human rights …