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Strange Bedfellows: Abraham Maslow As Defender Of Human Rights Violations, Jiang Zemin As Humanist, Ibpp Editor
Strange Bedfellows: Abraham Maslow As Defender Of Human Rights Violations, Jiang Zemin As Humanist, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes an instance in which humanistic psychological theory supports the rationale for behavior frequently linked with human rights violations.
Inconsistency As Consistency: An Optimal Policy For Human Rights, Ibpp Editor
Inconsistency As Consistency: An Optimal Policy For Human Rights, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article contrasts two common cognitive approaches employed by United States (US) politicians in furthering human rights throughout the world.
Dehumanising The Human Rights, Maurya Vijay Chandra
Dehumanising The Human Rights, Maurya Vijay Chandra
Maurya Vijay Chandra
Two submissive souls appearing docile to the core--one 14 year old Manoj with his wrist in one of the hand cuffs while another wrist locked up with that of Jawahir, a 30 year old lean and thin man. These unusual mates stepped down from an Auto with a constable. I say mates because they were sharing the load of the iron chain wrapped around in layers. We could not believe ourselves that all this could happen in the heart of the capital, at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, Delhi.
The United Nations Convention Of The Rights Of The Child: A Feminist Landmark, Cynthia Price Cohen
The United Nations Convention Of The Rights Of The Child: A Feminist Landmark, Cynthia Price Cohen
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child,1 adopted by the General Assembly on November 20, 1989, is a ground-breaking human rights treaty for many reasons. It had the largest number of signatories on the day that it was opened for signature.2 It went into force more quickly than any other human rights treaty;3 it reached near-universal ratification by mid-1996;4 and it protects the entire range of human rights: civilpolitical, economic-social-cultural, and humanitarian.5 In addition, the Convention's monitoring mechanism gives unique powers to its monitoring body, the Committee on the Rights of the Child.6 Unfortunately, these achievements have …
Major Problems Of International Refugee Law, Wondwossen Lemma Kidane
Major Problems Of International Refugee Law, Wondwossen Lemma Kidane
LLM Theses and Essays
This thesis introduces the history behind the legal term “refugee” with the emphasis on the abstract and altogether ambiguous definition, international discrepancies, and the United Nations’ Convention of Status relating to Refugees adopted in 1951. The purpose of the thesis is to highlight the shortcomings of the Convention starting with the legal definition of a refugee then continuing to inherent defects of refugee law, problems of the exclusion/secession of refugee status as stated in the Convention, domestic application of the Convention, and finally some advances in points of suggestion.