This paper notes some problems of cultural imperialism involved in globalization, some questions of a movement away from equality rights discourse to special rights realities and some reservations regarding non-governmental organizations as a major instrument of spreading human rights and...

Over the past fifty-odd years, nations of the world have been grappling with the extent to which they should intervene in the wars of others, or whether to intervene at all. Some of the State-level soul searching is pragmatic and strategic. The pragmatic argument justifying intervention is that...

Singapore country report on recent developments in the rule of law, based on indicators developed by the Human Rights Resource Centre. It charts the evolving approach taken towards the rule of law by Singapore's political, judicial, and civil society actors

This paper analyzes empirically whether the ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), advocating the multiple dimensions of women's rights, affects the level of women's rights in a country. Measuring commitments to the CEDAW based on...

Socially Responsible Investment - in particular Environmental Social Governance issues (ESG) including human rights - is becoming a crucial issue. Although not a new concept, the integration of ESG and human rights factors into investment decisions remains a challenge. Given recent corporate...

Almost a billion people do not have access to clean and safe water. Access to safe drinking water and sanitation is increasingly being considered a fundamental human right. Corporations play an important role in the realization of the right to water. For example, they can become violators of the...