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"New" Human Rights : U.S. Ambivalence Toward The International Economic And Social Rights Framework, Hope Lewis
"New" Human Rights : U.S. Ambivalence Toward The International Economic And Social Rights Framework, Hope Lewis
Hope Lewis
Economic and social rights (including rights to food, adequate housing, public education, the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, fair wages, decent labor conditions, and social security) still occupy a second-class, outsider status in official United States domestic and foreign policy. This is no accident. The full recognition and implementation of such rights pose a direct threat. But that threat is not primarily to democracy or American values as some believe. Rather, because they demonstrate our system's failures to achieve equality, they threaten the deeply held belief that our country has already achieved a truly representative, human rights-based …
Universal Mother : Transnational Migration And The Human Rights Of Black Women In The Americas, Hope Lewis
Universal Mother : Transnational Migration And The Human Rights Of Black Women In The Americas, Hope Lewis
Hope Lewis
Community-based or personal forms of identity, as well as some externally imposed gender, race, and cultural stereotypes operate simultaneously to influence global markets. This Article explores the human rights implications of the stories surrounding a female migrant household worker as they exemplify how perceptions about identity can shape legal responses and how legal frameworks can shape perceptions of identity. The identities associated with the migrant household worker seemed to constitute a uniquely complex illustration of the intersection of race, gender, ethnicity, class, immigration status, nationality, and disability. However, the stories establish that all identities can be equally complex. This Article …