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Insisting on defining a minimum core content as a prerequisite for the justiciability of social rights is an updated aspiration, which risks the very enforceability of these rights amidst global economic crisis, at the very hour when they are needed the most. Proportionality not only creates the...
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This chapter outlines the international legal obligations regarding the right to food, and explains a human rights approach to the global food crisis. It concludes with proposals for reframing the crisis and addressing the right to food, through: prioritizing the protection of the most...
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Despite 20 years of attempts to introduce human rights concerns into formal World Bank policy, and increasing … recognition of the importance that human rights play in the its work, the World Bank has yet to adopt a comprehensive safeguard … been given for this reluctance: the legal prohibition on political interference in the World Bank's Articles of Agreement …
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This paper provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of currently available international and regional human rights case-law on the applicability of human rights law in the context of disaster situations and the protection of disaster victims through the provision of humanitarian...
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The Chapter starts from the premise that in international human rights law there has traditionally been little emphasis on principles, but that there is a rapid increase in referring to the term principles. The Chapter seeks to identify the content of, general idea behind and purpose of human...
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The promotion of human rights has been an important component of U.S. foreign policy for several decades. However, the specific content of U.S. human rights policy, as well as its place among foreign policy priorities more generally, has varied considerably over the years The present study...
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