The traditional arena of human rights discourse and practice made little or no allowance for the rapidly growing international phenomenon of bureaucratic corruption.1 In the recent past, states have consistently maintained that bureaucratic corruption, on the basis of the norm of...

Current practices in municipal law, as orchestrated by UN conventions and doctrine in international law proclaim that nearly every person is born with citizenship. However, instead of serving as an individual claim of right, governments use the label of citizenship to extract labor, wealth, and...

In his trilogy "Homo Sacer", "State of Exception" and "What remains of Auschwitz", Giorgio Agamben analyzes important aspects of the human condition and the ways in which human rights were perceived over the centuries. Through an internationalist perspective, and based on the concepts brought...

Dans le contexte de l’actuelle communauté internationale et des relations internationales actuelles, en plein changement et de grande complexité, le droit international public se trouve en plein processus de renouvellement et d’accentuation de son caractère humanitaire. Il apparaît comme...

Minority rights protection system was developed as a reaction to the persecution of this group throughout history and is revealed as an ensemble of elements in interdependence and constantly evolving. In other words, "creating the international system of protection of minority rights is an...

The civil and political rights as protected under the Covenant from the core of human rights protection on the international plane. This paper seeks to demonstrate how this goal may be archieved. The genesis of the Covenant will be discussed in the context of the evolution of human rights law....

Whether international human rights treaties constrain the behavior of governments is a hotly contested issue that has drawn much scholarly attention. The possibility to derogate from some, but not all, of the rights enshrined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)...

Man enjoys the rights inherent in human beings wherever they are, regardless of status or region where they were born, live, work, regardless of nationality, race, sex, religious and philosophical beliefs, wealth, because these have a universal character , which is the cornerstone of the equal...

This article discusses recent developments related to recognition of the link between human rights and climate change in international human rights forums. It focuses on the main human rights body of the United Nations, the Human Rights Council, which has addressed climate change in three...

More than ever, the European model is based on universal values: liberty, democracy, respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms and for the rule of law. For the most part, these ideals have been broadly accomplished. However, the fight is still needed for their full completion, even...