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Guraro, Martha B. "Furthering justice or promoting impunity? A critical analysis of the propesed criminal jurisdiction in the African court of justice and human rights." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/16745.
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The African Union (AU) was set up in the year 2000 by the Constitutive Act of the African Union (Constitutive Act). Part of AU’s objectives for its creation includes; the promotion of peace, security and stability on the continent as well as the protection and promotion of human and peoples’ rights in accordance with the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR).2 As part of fulfilling this objective, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACtHPR) was established3 with a wide human rights protective mandate which allows it to determine cases and disputes concerning the interpretation and application of the ACHPR and other international human rights instruments.4Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2010.
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Gkouti, Athina. "The European Union's human rights promotion to Turkey : a question of legitimacy." Thesis, Aberystwyth University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2160/6c16aba5-1bc7-431d-977a-456c641f5518.
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Scholars have regularly presented the EU as a ‘normative power’ that promotes human rights as a legitimate standard of international behaviour. Yet, the legitimacy of EU normative power within enlargement has not been well-defined or investigated. The overarching issue that this thesis aims to address concerns the legitimacy of EU human rights promotion to Turkey. It aims to provide an answer to a politically and intellectually challenging question: How should the European Union promote human rights to Turkey, if the country’s human rights progress is to be understood not simply as a result of domestic dynamics, but as dependent on the legitimacy of EU human rights promotion? The central aim of the thesis is to explore ideas and practices that contribute to improving the EU policy of human rights towards its non-European partners. The theoretical focus offers a fresh perspective to the study of Turkey-EU relations that relates to ‘normative power Europe’ and the legitimacy of human rights promotion. The empirical focus of the thesis explores legitimacy as being a highly significant issue which affects the long-term success or failure of EU human rights policies. It assesses the prospects and implications of EU policy and determines what is required in terms of external incitements for optimal outcomes. The original contribution of the thesis lies in its argument that EU normative power within enlargement is not intrinsic to the EU, but ought to be recognised as such through its interaction with non-European ‘others’.
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Casla, Salazar Koldo Andoni. "Order over justice : international human rights norm promotion by Western European states." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2017. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/order-over-justice(774705bd-323a-474f-8398-db6dd4891752).html.
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This thesis offers a critical reinterpretation of the reasons why Western European states promote International Human Rights Law (IHRL). The argument is built on contributions from critical legal scholars and the English School of International Relations, and it is presented as an alternative to both normative cosmopolitanism and realist disbelief. The research looks at the systemic or structural constraints inherent to the international legal system, and argues that order trumps justice in Western European states’ promotion of international human rights norms. In essence, IHRL has evolved as a result of a tension between two forces: On the one hand, a European understanding of international society, based on order, the centrality of the state and a minimalist conception of human rights; on the other hand, a civil society and UN-promoted, mostly Western, particularly European and broader conception of human rights, based on justice. Human rights norms emerge and develop when some states’ idea of order meets with advocates’ idea of justice. The thesis is theoretically situated in the milieu between solidarism and pluralism, and claims that when it comes to explaining Western European states’ promotion of IHRL, second-wave English Scholars are right to point out that the world society is not only made out of nation-states. However, these authors are too hasty in raising the profile of global justice as a policy driver in the international system. Methodologically speaking, the thesis applies a critical interpretation of state practice (discourse and action), with a particular focus on Spain and the UK, in relation to four norms at different degrees of settlement: a) the prohibition of torture, b) ecocide, c) justiciability of economic, social and cultural rights, and d) Responsibility to Protect.
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Mushishi, Clifford. "The role of African traditional religion in the promotion of human rights." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7945.
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Bibliography: leaves 104-110.This study examines the role of African traditional religion in the promotion of human rights in Africa generally and among the Shona people of Zimbabwe in particular.
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Corapi, Wayne Victor. "Every living thing a theological justification for the promotion of animal welfare /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.
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Ledbetter, Jr Clyde Ledbetter. "THE PROMOTION OF THE AFRICAN HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS SYSTEM IN THE GAMBIA, A CROSS CULTURAL & AFRICOLOGICAL ANALYSIS." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2013. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/216592.
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Primarily, this study seeks to examine the means and effectiveness of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, African human and Peoples' rights organizations, and the government of the Gambia in their efforts to propagate the institutions and legal instruments of the African Human and Peoples' Rights System (AHPRS) in general and the rights and duties of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights in the country of The Gambia in particular since the Charter came into force in 1986. The work explores the history of the AHPRS from ancient conceptions of rights and duties within Classical Africa to its formal establishment in the 1980s and 1990s with emphasis placed on the particular political and social history of The Gambia. Further, the work presents and analyzes the work of three African human rights organizations operating within The Gambia and offers an Afrocentric critique of the promotion of the African Human and Peoples' Rights System.
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Igweta, Rhoda Nkirote. "The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the promotion and protection of prisoner’s rights : an analysis." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/8056.
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This study addresses the following questions: (1) What is the human rights situation in prisons in Africa? What challenges do African prisons face in general? (2) Is there a legal framework in place for the protection of prisoners’ rights in Africa and
how does it relate to other human rights instruments? What is the mandate of the
Commission in relation to the prisoners’ rights? (3) What has the Commission done and achieved under its promotional and protection
mandates in respect of prisoners’ rights? Have the various mechanisms been fully utilised
in relation to prisoners’ rights? How has the Commission been able to optimise its
relationship with the states, civil society and national human rights institutions to fully protect these rights? (4) If the conclusion is reached that the Commission has not effectively addressed issues of
prisoners’ rights, how would it do so more effectively?Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2008.
A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Law University of Pretoria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Law (LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa). Prepared under the supervision of Lukas Muntingh and Jamil Mujuzi of the Community Law Centre, Faculty of law, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
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Gilbert, Paul Carson. "NGOs and Human Rights Promotion: Socialisation, Framing, and the Case of West Papua." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Political Science, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1694.
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Recent developments in international relations have seen dramatic increases in the number and activities of human rights non-governmental organisations (NGOs). This has inspired research that seeks to explain processes of human rights socialisation, particularly in crisis zones. In this context, NGO advocacy is often welcomed as being inherently beneficial for adherence to human rights principles. Such a position, however, fails to account for the
critiques offered by theorists who suggest that the wielding of any power to affect change can have negative as well as positive outcomes, and the critiques of realist international relations theorists who assert the dangers of unqualified promotion of normative concerns in the face of power interests. In this context, this thesis offers a critical evaluation of the contributions of NGO advocacy in human rights socialisation.
Two models of human rights socialisation – the spiral and boomerang models – are utilised in
examining human rights advocacy in West Papua, a province of Indonesia. The West Papuan case study indicates that detrimental outcomes can result from the failure of human rights
advocates to account for political interests and state sovereignty in their strategies of human rights promotion. Human rights campaigns framed in terms of people’s rights to physical security and subsistence, instead of more political rights, such as the right to selfdetermination,
are likely to be more positive for human rights adherence. This points to the desirability of a hierarchy of rights principles in human rights advocacy and suggests, for the socialisation models used, a need for clearer distinctions between the human rights principles prescribed for advocacy.
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Al-Ajaji, Mohammed S. M. "The league of Arab States and the promotion and protection of human rights." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28821.
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This thesis is an analytical study of the League of Arab States regional human rights system. It involves an examination of the League's concept of human rights as represented in the League's two draft instruments - the draft Arab Declaration of Human Rights and the draft Arab Convention on Human Rights - as well as its machinery of implementation as represented in the Permanent Arab Commission on Human Rights. Our analysis of the League's human rights is conducted in the light of the political, cultural and ideological factors prevailing in the Arab world.
The League's failure to establish an effective regional human rights system is due largely to its inherent limitations and to the constant negative attitudes of Arab States toward human rights protection. Unless some drastic changes in these determinate factors take place, the situation is likely to remain the same in years to come.Law, Peter A. Allard School of
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Khayundi, Francis Bulimo Mapati. "The Kenya National Human Rights Commission and the promotion, protection and monitoring of socio-economic rights in Kenya." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/60413.
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The promulgation of the 2010 Constitution of Kenya introduced socio-economic rights (SERs) amid widespread poverty and rising inequality. This study seeks to answer the overarching question, what role can the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) play in promoting, protecting and monitoring SERs in Kenya? Further research questions included whether the KNCHR has the requisite powers to perform its mandate and what lessons could be learned from the South African context. The research sought to understand how the local context affects the ability of KNCHR to carry out its mandate. Likewise, it analyses some of the contributions KNCHR has made in the promotion and protection of SERs while identifying the challenges the Commission faces in carrying out its mandate. Several methodologies were utilised to answer the research questions above. The methodologies included the doctrinal method, analysis of secondary sources and interviews with key informants. A comparative legal research methodology was also employed, with the SAHRC being used as a case study on how NHRIs can promote, protect and monitor SERs. The findings from the research argue that the Paris Principles provide the minimum guidelines on the establishment of NHRIs. Compliance with these Principles has not necessarily guaranteed the effectives of NHRIs. Any assessment of an NHRI should be based on its performance and legitimacy considering the local factors obtaining within its jurisdiction. The domestic protection and judicial enforcement of human rights in Kenya, though crucial to the realisation of SERs, has been fraught with challenges. These challenges have meant that the realisation of SERs has been curtailed and necessitated complementary institutions for human rights to be realised. Given the country’s constitutional architecture, the KNCHR was one such institution that could complement the role of the judiciary given its wide mandate. With SERs a new feature of the 2010 Constitution, the KNCHR had to find ways to promote SERs in the country considering the local peculiarities such as poverty, a highly political climate and lack of political goodwill from the legislature and executive sometime characterised by open hostility. These challenges and the new nature of these rights called for a comparative study with the SAHRC given some similarities between the two jurisdictions. The SAHRC provided valuable lessons having had more experience in dealing with SERs while navigating similar challenges the KNCHR faced or might face. The findings of the research prompted recommendations directed at the KNCHR and other stakeholders, specifically the legislature and executive on how to address the challenges curtailing the performance of the KNCHR in general and particularly ways in which the Commission could go about in promoting, protecting and monitoring SERs.
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Balducci, Giuseppe. "The EU's promotion of human rights in China : a consistent and coordinated constructive engagement?" Thesis, University of Warwick, 2010. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/3895/.
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This thesis investigates whether the European Union and its member states have been able to balance normative priorities – specifically the promotion of human rights – and material priorities – specifically economic interests – within the strategy of constructive engagement towards China embraced since 1995. In order to respond to this central question this thesis originally elaborates a liberal intergovernmental approach for the study of the promotion of human rights within the EU’s system of multilevel governance in external relations. Such an approach is applied to analyse the issues of consistency and coordination in the policies for the promotion of human rights in China elaborated by the European Community and three selected member states, namely Germany, France and the UK. The choice of the country cases serves theoretical and analytical purposes. At a theoretical level it allows consideration as to whether the EU’s overall policies were mainly influenced by the interests and policy preferences of the three selected member states, which had the most bargaining power and the highest stakes in China, as expected by liberal intergovernmentalism. At an analytical level, the choice of the country cases allows for consideration of whether the EC’s policies for the promotion of human rights in China were coordinated with those of the three selected member states, which had the most conspicuous development assistance policies towards China and whose approaches to human rights in the country were broadly representative of the other member states. This supports the assessment of the achievement, or otherwise, of a significant EU promotion of human rights through development assistance in China. From the study it emerges that the EC and its three selected member states have been unable to devise consistent and coordinated policies for the promotion of human rights in China. On the one hand these findings suggest that the EU and its member states have been unable to balance normative and material priorities in their relations with China. On the other hand this thesis illustrates that this was due to the influence of the material interests and policy preferences of Germany, France and the UK, thus supporting the expectations of liberal intergovernmentalism. These findings form an original contribution to the study of the EU’s promotion of norms because they suggest that the EU can promote human rights, as well as other norms, in a consistent, coordinated and ultimately strategic way, only if the member states with the most bargaining power and the highest stakes in a specific policy issue privilege normative interests over material ones. At the same time this thesis offers an original contribution to EU-China studies on human rights, as it suggests that due to the present interests of the most influential member states, the EU’s promotion of human rights should be reframed to address what Chinese authorities are willing to accommodate in the human rights field, namely give preference to the support of socio-economic rights, where a consensus among the EU’s member states can more easily be built.
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Saari, Sinikukka Maria. "'Form but not the function?' : dilemmas of European human rights and democracy promotion in Russia." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2007. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1954/.
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The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Union (EU) are all outspoken about their goal to see Russia developing into a democratic state that respects human rights. This thesis explores cooperation on human rights and democratisation between these organisations and Russia: how the organisations promote European norms in Russia, how the cooperation has developed over the years, and what kind of impact the interaction has had - first of all, on Russia but secondarily also on European norms and on European organisations - and why. These questions are examined through three empirical case studies on different sets of norms that the OSCE, CoE and the EU actively promote in Russia: the institution of a human rights ombudsman, the abolition of the death penalty and free and fair elections. European documents clearly define these norms, and Russia has explicitly declared its commitment to implement them. The thesis advances both the theoretical discussion on the interplay between international cooperation and domestic change, and our practical knowledge on how the policies of these organisations have influenced developments in Russia. As regards theory, the thesis argues that the theoretical democratisation and socialisation models reflect the universalistic optimism of the post-Cold War era. Developments in Russia do not support this optimism. Basing analysis on the three empirical cases, it is suggested that instead of viewing socialisation as a one-way transference of norms, greater attention should be accorded to the interaction that takes place between the actors, and that the clear-cut stages of development inherent in the socialisation and democratisation models do not always grasp the essence of the change and may, in fact, restrict our analysis. Policy-wise, it is argued that the European human rights and democratisation strategies towards Russia have by and large failed because they are based on similarly over-optimistic expectations, typical of the Zeitgeist of the post-Cold War years. The thesis warns that if an exception is granted to Russia with regard to once-agreed norms, the normative base for European cooperation will be weakened. In the long run, this could have a negative impact on the legitimacy of the European organisations.
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Abdul-Razaq, Muhammad Alimi. "The Organisation of African Unity and the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa." Thesis, University of Hull, 1988. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:3578.
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The adoption of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (AFCHPR) on 17 June 1981 by the O. A. U. Assembly of Heads of States and Government is, singly, the most significant act in the field of Human Rights protection in Africa. The Charter entered into force on 21 October 1986. These developments have inspired the Commission of this thesis.The aim of this thesis is to examine the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa in three main areas, namely, historical/cultural perspectives, national and regional legal regimes for the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa.
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Dinokopila, Bonolo Ramadi. "The role of the Pan-African parliament in the promotion of human rights in Africa." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53215.
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This thesis highlights that Regional Parliamentary Assemblies (RPAs) and International Parliamentary Institutions (IPIs) are relevant to the promotion of human rights. They have consistently promoted human rights, in particular through committees responsible for handling issues of human rights. Their significance to the promotion of human rights lies in their position as oversight actors, legislators of human right oriented laws and their role in the ratification and domestication of human rights treaties. The thesis concludes that the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), as is the case with other RPAs and IPIs, is equally relevant to the promotion of human rights in Africa. Given its powers, the PAP s mandate is however limited to the promotion of human rights.
The thesis thus places particular focus on the Parliament s actual practice and potential role in relation to the promotion of human rights in Africa. In the main, the thesis illustrates that the role of the PAP in the promotion of human rights in Africa has thus far been negligible as the Parliament has done little to promote human rights in Africa. The thesis further reveals that the inadequate promotion of human rights by the PAP exists despite the fact that it should be occupying a unique position within the African human rights system. This state of affairs is a result of a host of factors that have been identified in the study as including the absence of full legislative powers, the limited budgetary powers and the undemocratic appointment of members of the PAP. The thesis further reveals that the Parliament s relationship with national parliaments, civil society, national human rights institutions sub-regional bodies and other AU institutions is also negligible. To that end, the Parliament has been described as a talk shop , a name befitting an institution that undertakes workshops, seminars and conferences largely for the benefit of its parliamentarians.
The thesis illustrates that the success of the PAP is dependent on several factors, such as its cooperation with member states, national parliaments, sub-regional parliaments, other AU organs, the larger network of civil society and national human rights institutions. This thesis concludes that the PAP is capable of using its current consultative powers to become an influential talk shop as regards the promotion of human rights and the decision-making process of the AU in general. The thesis further concludes that the Parliament must learn from the experiences of other international parliamentary institutions and must explore imaginative ways according to which it could deal more pragmatically with human rights issues.Thesis (LLD)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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Tang, Jie. "The actual and potential roles played by Chinese NGOs in human rights promotion and protection in China." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B36901155.
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Kamigori, Kaori Sriprapha Petcharamesree. "Japan's official development assistance and its impact on promotion and protection of human rights in Burma /." Abstract, 2003. http://mulinet3.li.mahidol.ac.th/thesis/2546/cd360/4238518.pdf.
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Christodoulidou, Theodora. "The use of force and the promotion and protection of human rights the quest for justice." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.411161.
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Alshammari, Yahya. "The promotion of the right of self-determination in international law and the impact of the principle of non-interference." Thesis, Brunel University, 2014. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/9199.
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This dissertation presents an analytical study of the evolution of the right of political selfdetermination and the influence of the principle of non-interference on promotion of this right. The intellectual and legal interests in democracy, good governance and social justice have contributed to the development of this right and its realisation for peoples lacking the least degree of good governance. The right of political self-determination is strongly associated with international intervention because governments facing popular demands for this right often resort to repression and military means to suppress such claims. Such interventions have also been driven by contemporary interest in supporting collective rights through international organisations that monitor and identify violations of various political rights. Thus, this dissertation focuses on the tension between the principle of non-interference and the modern legal trend to promote the political rights of all peoples. This research contributes considerable insights into the transformation of the principle of non-interference from an absolute obligation into a flexible concept by tracing the contributing legal changes both in international practices and in emerging rules and principles in international law. It is concluded that the promotion of the right of self-determination has resulted in international practices that have dramatically influenced and caused tension with the principle of noninterference. Keywords: right of political self-determination, democracy, statehood, the principle of noninterference, international intervention, sovereignty.
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Tang, Jie, and 湯杰. "The actual and potential roles played by Chinese NGOs in human rights promotion and protection in China." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B36901155.
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Some, Kounkinè Augustin. "Governance assessment, a tool for human rights promotion : a critical look at the African Peer Review Mechanism." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/1102.
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"Furthermore, the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) has been proposed as a key element of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). The APRM is said to be the most remarkable innovation in the AU and the NEPAD framework designed to promote good governance and human rights. Its central purpose is to ensure the compliance of African states with the standards and practices of governance contained in the Declaration on Democracy, Political, Economic and Corporate Governance (Durban Declaration). Although the APRM has been welcomed by a large number of development actors, there are also some doubts as to this mechanism working in the context of Africa. One of the main reasons for such reservations is that peer review on political governance has never been tested elsewhere before. ... The study is structured into five chapters. This first chapter serves as an introduction and has described the context of this paper by giving the background and general structure of the paper. Chapter two will briefly define the notion of peer review, highligting the founding context and the process of the APRM itself. This summary is necessary for a proper understanding of the paper. Chapter three will endeavor to point out the human rights aspects in the APRM, that is, the substance and potential of the mechanism for human rights protection and promotion, including references to international human rights instruments. Chapter four is a proposal for giving the APRM the best prospect for success; this will include adopting a 'population-based approach', meaning that the citizens are central part and owners of the process of the evaluation of government policies. Such ownership should produce a more realistic evaluation of the outcomes of public policies. Finally, chapter five will conclude this study by providing some recommendations as to how to ensure that APRM is a tool that guarantees human rights." -- Introduction.Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2004.
Prepared under the supervision of Doctor Enid Hill, Chair of the Department of Political Science, American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
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Bekele, Eskedar A. "Implications of ECOSOCC's mandate for the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa: inquiry into the relationship between ECOSOCC and the human rights organs of the African Union." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/1209.
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"By promoting and defending human rights and freedoms, by promoting the participation of African civil society in the implementation of the policies and programmes of the African Union (AU), and by forging greater partnership between social and professional groups and governments, the Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) will play a critical role in the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa. However, it is far from clear how this important organ is related to human rights organs of the AU which includes the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the African Commission), the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (the African Court) and the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (Committee of Experts). How can effective relationships between ECOSOCC on the one hand, and these human rights organs on the other, be achieved for the realisation of the human rights mandate of ECOSOCC? ... The essay comprises five chapters. Chapter one is [an] introduction and begins by posing the research question and the justification for the research. Chapter two gives the introduction of ECOSOCC, its background, structure and mandates and looks into the satutes of ECOSOCC, its draft rules of procedure and its strategic plan for the years 2005-2007. Chapter three makes a comparative analysis with other regional human rights sytems, namely the Council of Europe and the Organisation of American States as a point of inspiration for the African system. Under chapter four, the research discusses and analyses the possible relationships and coordinative mechanisms ECOSOCC can create with the human rights organs of the African Union in order to fulfil its human rights mandate. Chapter five makes a conclusion and concrete recommendations." -- Introduction.Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2006.
Prepared under the supervision of Dr. Alejandro Lorite Escorihuela at the Faculty of Law, American University in Cairo, Egypt
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Umeh, Emmanuel Chukwuemeka. "The promotion of human rights and social justice : a call to liberation theology for the Church in Nigeria /." Frankfurt am Main [u.a.] : Lang, 2004. http://www.gbv.de/dms/spk/sbb/recht/toc/373892179.pdf.
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Lugton, Alis Margaret. "Citizen UK 2000 and the European Convention for the Promotion And Protection of Human Rights and fundamental freedoms." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2008. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/271/.
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This thesis sets out to review the extent to which the European Convention for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms(1) has influenced the political and legal order of England and Wales.(2) Analysis is explored along a number of lines of investigation. A review of the influence of the ECHR on the constitutional order of the UK is prefaced by analysis of its early influence on the order of the Netherlands, Germany and France.(3) Analysis gives rise to two questions Does the ECHR, dependent on the signatory-state with its own constitutional arrangement and legal culture, support a claim that a collective enforcement of human rights (4) protection can not exist empirically, therefore can not achieve as a transcending philosophy? Does the ECHR's apparent affinity with the monist order of the civil-law tradition render it in relation to the UK dualist order an impracticable statement of ideal? Drafted under the auspices of the Council of Europe, the rights and freedoms of the ECHR are accorded a generic structure, essentially subject to derogation. Whether the ECHR is capable of advancing an effective fon-n of human rights protection, this thesis examines the genesis of the ECHR, including its absence of inquisitorial function. Analysis gives rise to the question: What is to be expected of the ECHR: the promotion of a common understanding of HR intimated by the Congress of Europe 1948, or a collective enforcement of protection inherent in an understanding of the telos of the ECHR? Narrowing the focus of analysis to the UK, this thesis examines its response to the concern of terrorism, asylum and various aspects of criminal justice and asks: Whether the concept of HR protection has become the last haven of sui-generis positivism, and if so, the ECHR a raison d'etre of the signatory- state? With regard to the judicial treatment of the rights and freedoms of the individual post the (5) Human Rights Act 1998(5), this thesis examines the functioning of Section 3 of the HRA. Analysis raises a number of questions: Does a division in judicial reasoning exist between, and/or within, the higher and lower courts regarding the application of the HRA/ECHR? If so, on what grounds? Can a universal humanity exist in a legal order where rights are treated as a form of residual liberty remaining after legal restraints are subtracted? Whether post 2000, a decline in autonomous law has resulted in a convergence of the legal and political and the creation of a national responsive law in which the HR concern of the individual is placed below that of the prevailing Government and judiciary, the findings of this thesis are used to test the assertion that: The Article I ECHR agreement by the UK to secure to everyone within its jurisdiction the rights defined in Section 1, is not matched by a realisation of those rights by everyone within its jurisdiction; Subject to the sovereignty of Governments and politics of the national judiciary, the ECHR constitutes an order for the popularisation of the concept of HR protection, as opposed to a system for the collective enforcement of the rights and freedom of the individual. (1) Hereafter, ECHR (2) Excluding the legal order and legislative autonomy of Scotland. Hereafter, UK (3) Following its ratification by the Netherlands, Germany and France (4) Hereafter,HR (5) Hereafter, HRA
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Wiessala, Eugen Georg. "The politics of re-orientation and responsibility : European Union foreign policy and human rights promotion in Asian countries." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2005. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/22530/.
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This study focuses on the protection and promotion of human rights in the context of the external relations of the European Union (EU). It sets out to examine, in particular, the position of human rights within the framework of EU foreign policy. While questions of human rights sparked a wide-ranging academic debate and resulted in enhanced levels of public scrutiny over the last decade, the research presented in this dissertation attempts to fill a significant gap in scholarly attention. It does so by offering a critique of the theoretical approaches towards, and the practical manifestations of human rights promotion initiatives in the context of EU policy interaction with countries in Asia. Evidence from previous work, included as part of this dissertation, suggests that the incremental growth of human rights competencies and agendas within the EU's legal and political systems was reflected in a number of areas of concrete EU external activity, such as the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), Development Policy, relations with the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of countries and the EU's New Asia Strategy. This dissertation attempts to demonstrate how, in the context of a Constructivist perspective within International Relations Theory in general, and EU-Asia relations in particular, the EU can be conceptualised as a value-guided, 'ethical' polity, grounded in a constitutional framework of Treaties. As a result of this, the Union introdued a more pronounced human rights dimension to its dialogue with Asia. The evidence indicates that, in respect of its Asian partners, the EU implemented human rights strategies in a number or formats and with varying degrees of success. The study scrutinises, in particular, the Commission's 'strategy papers' on Asia and the Asia-Europe Meetings (ASEM). In addition to findings analysed in previous work, this study demonstrates that the resulting debates about 'rights' and 'values' can be related to wider discourses derived from normative theory and surrounding issues of culture and identity. In the Asia-EU dialogue, arguments over human rights contain the potential to be both an enabling dynamic for, and an inhibiting agent of, a more intensive EU-Asia political and cultural dialogue. The study places a particular emphasis on EU human rights promotion policies towards the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Indonesia and Burma (The Union of Myanmar). It identifies and appraises three distinct EU policy approaches ranging from incentives based and coordinated measures to a more coercive and punitive diplomatic arsenal.
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Obibuaku, Ugochukwu Lawrence. "The promotion and protection of Socio-Economic Rights under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights : Prospects and Challenges in South Africa and Nigeria." Thesis, London Metropolitan University, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.536728.
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This thesis argues that the nature of socio-economic rights makes their violation central to key poverty and developmental issues in Africa. The thesis further argues that an effective socio-economic rights' legal and institutional framework will aid the realisation of socioeconomic rights as well as poverty reduction and development. In this context, the thesis examines the arrangements made for the promotion and protection of socio-economic rights under the African Charter. It also critically examines challenges to the realisation of socioeconomic rights under the Charter. Using South Africa and Nigeria as case studies in the implementation of socio-economic rights in Africa, the thesis examines how both countries have incorporated the African Charter and the influence if any; the Charter may have on the interpretation of socioeconomic rights in both jurisdictions. The thesis also examines constitutional protection of socio-economic rights as well as other domestic arrangements for the realisation of socioeconomic rights in both countries. As an original contribution to the study of socio-economic rights, the thesis compares how domestic courts in South Africa, a country with constitutionally recognised justiciable socioeconomic rights and Nigeria, a country with constitutionally recognised non-justiciable directive principles of state policies, have interpreted and applied socio-economic rights provisions. Justiciable and non-justiciable socio-economic rights provisions both guide and shape legislative action, policy formulation and executive/administrative decision making. Against a backdrop of the above, the increasing role of civil society organisations in the realisation of socio-economic rights is also examined. The thesis hypothesised that the Constitutional Court of South Africa will not provide a fundamental right to individuals to claim positive judicially enforceable action and services from the state. As an original contribution to the study of socio-economic rights, this hypothesis is tested by conducting qualitative analyses of socio-economic rights cases where litigants invoked the socio-economic rights provisions of the South African Constitution.
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Gondwe, Mtendere. "International principles and methods employed by National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) as a means of promoting and protecting human rights, a case study of the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC)." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20806.
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This study generally focuses on the important role that National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) play in promoting and protecting human rights at the domestic level, hence the need for NHRIs to be effective and efficient in the discharge of their mandate. One way of improving the effectiveness and efficiency of a NHRIs is by ensuring that it adheres to international principles and methods of promoting and protecting human rights as well as by adopting best practices from other NHRIs. The study therefore traces the evolution of NHRIs and their recognition at the international level. It also analyses the different forms in which NHRIs exist and discusses the recommended international principles and standards that act as core minimum in terms of a NHRI's mandate, methods of operation, composition and other guarantees of independence. Due to the fact that states have a wide discretion to devise appropriate means of applying the core minimum principles, this study also presents several best practices from different NHRIs in their implementation of the international principles and standards. Particular attention has been directed at the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) by assessing whether the MHRC adheres to the international principles and standards in its operations, and to consider whether it could advance human rights better by improving its working methods.
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Lind, Amanda. "The Power of the Human Rights Council : A comparative case-study of Afghanistan and Russia." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-100660.
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The purpose of this thesis is to study the power and capacity of the UN Human Rights Council to promote and protect human rights through the recommendations by the Special Procedures and the Universal Periodic Review. The aim is then to analyse the recommendations and their effect by using the Concept of power by Robert Dahl (2007). The essay aims to answer the question if the Human Rights Council has power over the countries Russia and Afghanistan together with the questions about the effect of the recommendations. The method chosen for this thesis is qualitative one as it is a comparative case-study. As a theory is used as a lens to analyse the findings it is an abductive study. The conclusion of this study is that the recommendations have not succeeded to promote or protect human rights in Afghanistan or Russia and thus the Human rights Council has no power.
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Shen, Wenwen. "Eurocentric endeavor or empty rhetoric? : analysing EU promotion of human rights in China through a normative power perspective, 1989-2009." Thesis, University of Bath, 2012. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.557796.
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The EU’s approach towards China on human rights has often been criticised for its conflicting interests, and coordination problems between EU institutions and national member states. However, simply renouncing its efforts in the name of realism or neo-liberalism does not fully explain the EU’s commitment to principles of international law, nor does it provide us with understanding as to why its policy has proven so weak and what ‘ought’ to be done. This thesis proposes a normative power approach to the study of EU human rights policy towards China between 1989 and 2009. Central to it is the assumption that the EU has been and should be a normative power towards China in the field of human rights. To verify this assumption, I adopt a tri-partite analytical framework drawn from existing ‘Normative Power Europe’ (NPE) literature in order to make sense of the EU’s adherence to human rights norms and its linkage with its external identity, illustrate how norms are diffused through a discursive form of power, and how impact should be evaluated normatively in the case of China. In so doing, I seek to achieve two central objectives: 1) to add to the empirical richness of NPE literature by analysing the Chinese case; 2) to apply a normative power perspective to the human rights dimension of EU-China relations. To address the first goal, I apply the NPE approach to two selected cases – the death penalty and the Tibet question, which are both high on the EU’s human rights agenda and yet are predicted to produce contrasting results. The second aim is met by operationalising the notion of NPE and developing its analytical and empirical relevance. To that end, I intend to make a contribution to the literature by presenting primary findings in the case-studies and a conceptual refinement of NPE as applied to the Chinese case.
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Komakech, Henry Kilama. "The role of the East African Court of Justice in the promotion, protection and enforcement of human rights in Uganda." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/36798.
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Lempinen, Miko. "The United Nations Commission on Human Rights and the different treatment of governments : an inseparable part of promoting and encouraging respect for human rights? /." Åbo : Åbo Akad. Förl, 2005. http://www.gbv.de/dms/sub-hamburg/489167705.pdf.
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Baldauf, Maria. "Promoting the rule of law through civil society and human rights advocacy." Connect to Electronic Thesis (ProQuest) Connect to Electronic Thesis (CONTENTdm), 2008. http://worldcat.org/oclc/449188379/viewonline.
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El-Haybi, Wissam Abdo. "Impact of Nongovernmental Organizations Promoting and Developing Women's Human Rights in Lebanon." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5854.
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Domestic violence is a global issue and is one of the most widespread violations to human rights. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine strategies applied by 3 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to sustain and develop women's human rights. The theoretical foundation for this study was based on Sabatier and Jerkins' advocacy coalition framework and Jones and McBeth's theory of narrative policy. The research question was focused on the influence Lebanese laws have on domestic violence in supporting NGOs in promoting women's human rights. A case study design was used to answer the research question and in-depth interviews were conducted with 10 participants each from 3 selected NGOs. Data from the transcripts were analyzed using hand coding and analysis for emergent themes. The interviews and the reflective notes were organized based on how the participants perceived domestic violence and to what extent the existing laws enabled them to reduce the effect of domestic violence on society. The findings revealed that despite laws, women in Lebanon still suffer from domestic violence due to the patriarchal and confessional system, and this affects women's psychological and social lives. Recommendations include establishing a Google page that supports domestic violence victims and having NGOs provide preventative programs as well as counseling for men and women because domestic violence is a social problem. The implications for social change include informing policy makers of the importance of the issue, which increases awareness and can lead to new ways to reduce the effects of domestic violence.
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Baumgartel, Moritz. "From Deficit to Dilemma: An Evaluation of the Contribution of Europe’s Supranational Courts to the Promotion of the Rights of Vulnerable Migrants." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/240711.
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The thesis evaluates how effective the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the EU have been in promoting the human rights of vulnerable migrants. It thereby pursues two objectives. Firstly, it questions legal scholarship that has identified certain rulings of the two courts as vital for migrant rights but which have not analysed their impact empirically. Secondly, it makes a methodological contribution to the evaluation of the effectiveness of international courts by proposing (and applying) an 'issue-based' methodology which assesses judicial bodies for their ability to resolve specific social and political problem. For these purposes, eight carefully selected 'key cases' are analysed in terms of three effectiveness types, namely law development, case-specific, and strategic effectiveness. The empirical materials used include interviews with 28 persons who were directly or indirectly involved in the selected key cases. Legal and empirical analyses show varying and complex results for the different cases, with some general trends emerging. Firstly, the case law of the courts is characterised by a significant inconsistency, resulting in a 'dilemmatic adjudication' that diminishes the impact of even rights-affirming judgments. Secondly, the 'case-specific' impact on the persons or the countries concerned remains contingent as governments and domestic courts manage to contain the ruling. Lastly, lawyers and NGOs increasingly use the courts in a strategic way, which can elevate impact on policy. Yet, this will depend on the resources invested, raising the question whether such strategies are the most efficient way to promote migrant rights.Doctorat en Sciences juridiques
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Montillot, Nathalie. "The promotion of human rights in the external relations of the european union : An appraisal of the use of carrots and sticks." Thesis, University of Reading, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.520098.
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Solakhyan, Marina. "Trafficking of women promoting international human rights norms through prevention, protection, and prosecution (Three "P"s) in Armenia." Ohio : Ohio University, 2007. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1180096688.
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John-Langba, Vivian Nasaka. "The role of national human rights institutions in promoting and protecting the rights of refugees: the case of South Africa and Kenya." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32499.
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The apparent normative and implementation gaps within the international refugee protection regime suggest the need to reform its implementation and accountability processes. Increasingly, the focus is being shifted to local or domestic actors to attempt to address the challenges faced in realising refugee rights effectively. Among the key domestic accountability actors for the realisation of rights, are national human rights institutions (NHRIs). NHRIs are considered a bridge between the international and domestic human rights systems. NHRIs act as entities that facilitate the diffusion of international human rights norms and standards, including those with respect to refugee rights, into the national spheres. Notwithstanding this, there is paucity in empirical evidence within the refugee rights discourse on the role that NHRIs can play to promote the effective realisation of refugee rights. This study explores the role that NHRIs in South Africa and Kenya play in promoting and protecting refugee rights. It utilises a non-doctrinal and qualitative research approach, to examine the extent to which the NHRIs engage with refugee rights and to explore their capacity to do so effectively. It situates NHRIs within the nexus between international human rights law and international refugee law to frame the understanding for their role within the refugee protection regime. The findings indicate that the NHRIs in South Africa and Kenya that are compliant with the Paris Principles display significant engagement with refugee rights promotion and protection. As accountability mechanisms, they have contributed to the development and implementation of domestic refugee law and policy in accordance with international norms and standards. This has occurred despite the lack of an explicit refugee rights' promotion and protection mandate, but they face barriers and challenges. Various underlying factors that impede their effectiveness to address refugee rights were identified. These included the sociopolitical contexts within which they operate, capacity constraints and invisibility within the refugee protection regime. The socio-political challenges included xenophobia and the securitisation of the asylum space. These compounded organisational and operational weaknesses such as scarce specialist skills in refugee law, limited financial resources, and the absence of strategic and sustained partnerships for refugee rights protection. The overall absence of norms for NHRI engagement with refugee rights was identified as a contributory factor for the lack of a coherent approach for promoting and protecting these rights. Possible avenues to enhance NHRI engagement with refugee rights were identified. For instance, NHRIs building partnerships for refugee rights promotion and protection with CSOs, the UNHCR and regional institutions based on a clear understanding of an NHRI's role as accountability mechanisms. For NHRIs, the imperative lies in building their capacity to address refugee rights to ensure a clear understanding of what the promotion and protection of these rights entails.
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Pejan, Ramin. "A reflection on international human rights non-governmental organizations' approach to promoting socio-economic rights : lessons from a South African experience." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=82667.
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This thesis, by reviewing a human rights project implemented by the Association for Water and Rural Development (AWARD), a South African based non-governmental organization (NGO), seeks to address the ongoing discussion regarding the role of international human rights NGOs in promoting socio-economic rights, adding a local perspective to this debate. It argues that international human rights NGOs working on socio-economic rights issues need to evaluate their approaches to promoting socio-economic rights, including their methodologies and strategies, and to engage more substantively with local NGOs concentrating on these issues. Namely, this thesis reviews a recent article written by Kenneth Roth, the Executive Director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), expressing HRW's views on promoting socio-economic rights. In order to support its main arguments, this thesis, using AWARD's human rights project, introduces a clear conceptual framework for economic and social rights that focuses on the right to water, and considers various methodological approaches for promoting socio-economic rights.
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Wafeq, Nabila. "Shifting Perspectives: Changing Policies Promoting Women’s Empowerment in Afghanistan." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/20503.
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In this thesis, I attempt to identify major obstacles that are challenging the implementation of international human rights treaties in Afghanistan. With a focus on the treaties that promote women’s rights and prevent violence against women in a post-conflict situation. There are several obstacles including lack of rule of law and the existence of customary practices in Afghanistan. Despite these challenges, there are national legislations and policies that promote women’s rights and empowerment in Afghanistan. However, for women’s empowerment, it is not sufficient to have supportive laws and policies, but there is need for a systematic transformation of patriarchal structures by conducting a thorough gender analysis and ensuring gender mainstreaming. The Afghan government, as part of its commitment to the international community, has to take measures for removing obstacles and ensuring the implementation of human rights treaties in order to pave the way for women’s empowerment in Afghanistan.
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Ebrahim, Fatima. "The Promotion of Access to Information Act: a blunt sword in the fight for freedom of information." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2010. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_8327_1362392353.
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Anvari, Mohammad Ali. "La protection et la promotion des droits de l'homme en Asie du Sud-Est : un système régional inachevé." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019GREAD006.
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Les arrangements régionaux jouent un rôle essentiel dans la protection et la promotion des droits de l’homme. Compte tenu du fait qu’il y a beaucoup de similitudes sociales, politiques, économiques et historiques entre les gens qui vivent dans une région spécifique, la création de mécanismes régionaux de protection des droits de l’homme doit, en principe, être plus facile que celle des mécanismes universels. De même, des mécanismes régionaux sont plus efficaces que ceux universels. Les systèmes de droits de l’homme établis en Europe et en Amérique fournissent des exemples réussis de systèmes régionaux. L’Asie, le plus grand et le plus peuplé continent du monde, est la seule région qui ne dispose pas d’un mécanisme développé et bien établi de droits de l’homme. Cependant, des efforts ont récemment été faits pour créer un mécanisme des droits de l’homme dans le cadre de l’ASEAN. La présente recherche tente d’étudier la situation juridique de la protection régional des droits de l’homme en Asie du Sud et, à cet effet, les matériaux ont été divisés en deux Parties. La première Partie analyse les organes existants relatifs aux droits de l’homme et des instruments dans la région de l’Asie du Sud-Est, et la deuxième Partie examine les raisons pour lesquelles un véritable ménanisme en matière de droits de l’homme n’a pas encore vu le jour dans la régionUndoubtedly, regional arrangements play an essential role in the protection and promotion of human rights. Given the fact that there are many social, political, economic and historical similarities among people who live in a specific region, the creation of regional mechanisms for the protection of human rights should, in principle, be much easier than that of universal mechanisms. By the same token, regional mechanisms are more efficient than universal ones. The human rights systems established in Europe and America provide successful examples of regional systems. Asia, as the world's largest and most populous continent, is the only region which does not have a developed and well-established human rights mechanism. However, efforts have been recently made to create a human rights machinery within the framework of ASEAN. The present study attempts to present a comprehensive picture of legal situation for the regional protection of human rights in the Southeast Asia and, for this purpose, materials have been divided in two Parts. Part I analyse the existing human rights bodies and instruments in the Southeast Asia, and Part II tries to identify the reasons why a developed system has not yet come into existence in the region
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Mendes, Carla Sofia Faria. "Monitorizar os direitos humanos das pessoas com deficiência: análise de dados do projecto Disability Rights Promotion International na Cidade de Toronto, Canadá." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/4678.
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Dissertação de Mestrado em Política SocialA presente dissertação pretendeu analisar as experiências de vida de pessoas com deficiência na cidade de Toronto, no Canadá, explorando as barreiras que estas enfrentam no seu quotidiano e conhecendo a actualidade dos instrumentos de direitos humanos existentes e a sua aplicação no terreno. A partir da análise qualitativa e em profundidade das Experiências Individuais de 43 pessoas com deficiência, foram identificadas as questões de direitos mais prioritárias e importantes para estas, sendo os resultados posteriormente analisados à luz da Convenção sobre os Direitos das Pessoas com Deficiência. Os domínios da Participação Social e do Trabalho, tendo sido as áreas que mais se destacaram com o maior número de experiências negativas, revelaram a grande lacuna que existe no acesso aos direitos humanos no meio social e laboral. Apesar do conjunto de princípios regulados pela Convenção, experiências de indignidade, exclusão, inacessibilidade, desigualdade e desrespeito são comuns entre as narrativas pessoais dos cidadãos com deficiência. Não obstante os inúmeros instrumentos de direitos humanos disponíveis, as pessoas com deficiência continuam a experienciar situações de violação dos seus direitos. Impedidas de exercer plenamente os seus direitos, continuam a ser vítimas de uma sociedade que as exclui das suas relações sociais, políticas, económicas e culturais.
This dissertation aims to analyze the life experiences of people with disabilities in the city of Toronto, Canada, exploring the barriers they face in their daily lives and understand the timeliness of existing human rights instruments and their implementation on the ground. Drawing from the qualitative and in-depth analyses of the individual experiences of 43 persons with disabilities this study has identified the rights issues that are more important for them and examined these results in the light of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The domains of Social Participation and Labour are the most outstanding areas with the highest number of negative experiences, revealing the wide gap that exists in access to human rights in these domains. Despite the principles stated by the Convention, the experiences of indignity, exclusion, inaccessibility, inequality and disrespect are common in the personal narratives of people with disabilities. Although there are numerous human rights instruments available to people with disabilities they continue to experience situations of violations of their rights. Prevented from fully exercising their rights, they thus continue to be victims of a society that excludes them from their social, political, economic and cultural life.
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Wahlberg, Scott Andrea. "Promoting digital authoritarianism : A study of China’s Digital Silk Road." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Institutionen för kultur och samhälle, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-37656.
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China’s influence is increasing steadily in all corners of the world. One of China’s foreign policy goals is to become a technological superpower by 2025. An important part of that goal is the Digital Silk Road (DSR), a sub-project to China’s massive infrastructure project, the Belt and Road Initiative. The DSR is on one hand contributing to positive technological developments, especially in developing countries. But on the other hand, it has gotten substantial criticism for being a front for spreading China’s digital authoritarian model and for giving authoritarian regimes the tools to effectively repress citizens and violate human rights. The aim of this study is twofold. The first aim is to examine and map out how China might be promoting autocracy through the DSR, this will contribute to a deeper empirical understanding. The second aim is to give a theoretical contribution by categorizing autocracy promotion and testing the value of active and passive autocracy promotion in relation to China and the DSR. To conduct the analysis, I will draw on literature about autocracy promotion and digital authoritarianism. The existing literature is divided on whether or not China is promoting autocracy, and I will thus be arguing that technological advances, and the DSR, makes it problematic to claim that China is not engaged in autocracy promotion. Therefore, I seek to contribute to the existing literature. The results show that China is in fact involved in autocracy promotion through the different DSR projects. It also shows that China’s support, in some cases, have been crucial in providing authoritarian regimes with repressive technologies. The results also indicate that promoting autocracy might not be an outspoken goal or strategy from China, but rather an unintended consequence when trying to reach domestic political and economic goals.
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Solakhyan, Marina. "Trafficking of Women. Promoting International Human Rights Norms Through Prevention, Protection, and Prosecution (Three “P’s”) in Armenia." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1180096688.
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Byrne, John Alexander (Alex). "The politics of promoting freedom of information and expression in international librarianship." University of Sydney. Government and International Relations, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/555.
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In 1997 the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) initiated a project to promote and defend the right to information. This decision to engage proactively with human rights was a radical expansion of the profession�s self-conception. Applying an action research methodology, this study traces the development and implementation of the Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) initiative. It traces the origins of the decision, and assesses the outcomes of its first five years as it developed from a project into a continuing and central program of the Federation. Both the internal effects on IFLA and the consequences of the project for the profession of librarianship are explored. The thesis locates the key decision in the history of librarianship, its growth as a profession paralleling the development of libraries as institutions. In turn, the decision is also located in IFLA�s own history, and the way it survived and worked to advance the ideas and tools of librarianship amid difficult and changing international environments. The politics of professionalism is at the core of the study. The disturbing innovation which FAIFE represented took IFLA outside its traditional focus on the status and techniques of the profession, postulating a new role for the Federation. By investing librarianship with a higher responsibility, it has gone further than the now widely accepted expectation that professionals will place community interests before organisational and personal interests at all times. The responsibility to promote the fundamental human right to information has been embraced as the key principle underlying and informing library and information service, the touchstone for evaluating professional priorities. This locates the primary purpose of the profession outside the profession�s institutional base in a supranational, absolute and almost universally recognised social goal. Adopting these aspirations and this role carried many dangers for IFLA. It would inevitably seem a deviation into politics by some. It heightened the risks of both internal dissent and external criticism. It challenged the habitus of disinterested professionalism by invoking a more interventionist social responsibility for IFLA, its constituent library associations and the broader profession. It drew on evolving and contested understandings of professional responsibilities in a complex global environment and has redrawn the accepted boundaries of professional discourse in librarianship. At least so far, the consequences have been beneficial for IFLA, reinforcing its jurisdiction and strengthening the Federation. As an international federation of professional associations, IFLA faces particular challenges in working across diverse national traditions, ideologies and cultures. Its existence and effectiveness rest primarily on internal cohesiveness. Its capacity to develop the FAIFE initiative into a program without schism, and indeed with growing support, has strengthened rather than weakened its organisational capacities. Through that process IFLA has reinvented itself, to a considerable degree, as a form of transnational social movement organisation. It has developed strong relationships with other civil society organisations while maintaining its position as a respected international professional body. It has strengthened its position by becoming a vigorous advocate for the right to information, thereby becoming an actor in the growing international concern with human rights. This study of a decisive period in IFLA�s history offers a rare example of an international professional association in transition. In examining this project to promote unrestricted access to information as the reciprocal right of freedom of expression, the research is a case study of the politics of an expanding sense of professionalism. IFLA�s experience is pertinent to a range of other organisations, and is itself part of the realignment of international political discourse in response to the growing influence of international organisations and the priority of human rights in international political agendas.
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Cemlyn, Sarah Judith. "Promoting equality and human rights in social work : an examination of the relationship between the rights of minority and oppressed groups and emancipatory approaches to social work." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.544458.
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Cortez, Segura José Eduardo. "The Promotion of Access to Employment for Persons with Disabilities." Derecho & Sociedad, 2017. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/118684.
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The present article analyses the problems that occur in the contemporary world about the access to employment for persons with disabilities. Thus, beginning with the definition of disability and describing the support that has the Peruvian State to assume a social role, the article advances to describe the main ways of promotion of this kind of employment and the measures implemented in this matter.El presente artículo hace un análisis sobre los problemas que se presentan en el mundo contemporáneo respecto a la promoción de acceso al empleo para personas con discapacidad. Así, partiendo de definir el concepto de discapacidad y describiendo el sustento que tiene el estado peruano para sumir el rol social, el artículo pasa a describir las principales formas de promoción de dicho empleo y las medidas que han sido implementadas por el estado peruano en esta materia.
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Lara, Bruna Robba. "Uma abordagem psicossocial na promoção da saúde: refletindo criticamente sobre o processo de um grupo de apoio e discussão sobre peso e alimentação." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/47/47134/tde-06052010-124157/.
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Faz uma revisão da literatura sobre os modelos de promoção da saúde e as abordagens psicossociais da obesidade, discutindo as limitações desses modelos. Propondo a articulação da promoção da saúde com a abordagem psicossocial no quadro da vulnerabilidade e direitos humanos, desenvolveu-se um estudo de caso do processo de construção coletiva de um Grupo de Ajuda Mútua para a Discussão de Peso, Alimentação e Saúde (GAM-PAS), coordenado pela autora durante sua Iniciação Científica. O objetivo desse estudo foi descrever e analisar criticamente o processo de implementação dessa proposta, que surgiu entre participantes do grupo de reeducação alimentar acompanhado em estudo anterior no Centro de Promoção da Saúde do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (CPS-HC). O estudo de caso utilizou gravações das sessões de grupo que completavam as observações registradas em diário de campo sobre o dia a dia do processo. Os participantes do grupo foram recrutados através de divulgação do grupo em faixa, pela pesquisadora e por uma pessoa atendida no CPS-HC que aceitou atuar com multiplicadora da proposta em seu bairro. A análise do processo foi informada pela noção de sucesso prático e êxito técnico e pela abordagem psicossocial da vulnerabilidade comprometida com a proteção e promoção de direitos, incentivando soluções coletivas para dificuldades compartilhadas na vida vivida. As reuniões do GAM-PAS eram semanais e duravam cerca de duas horas. Descreve-se: o que foi planejado e o que aconteceu de fato; como era vivida a questão da alimentação e saúde na vida cotidiana das participantes; qual era o sentido do GAM-PAS nos termos de suas participantes. As participantes e a multiplicadora do GAM-PAS pareciam esperar que a pesquisadora oferecesse todas as informações que julgavam precisar para cuidar de sua alimentação e saúde, estranhando a proposta de intervenção aberta à sua contribuição. Ao longo das reuniões, entretanto, a multiplicadora e as participantes passaram a contribuir, transformando o espaço do GAM-PAS. Não foi possível evocar respostas coletivas para problemas que, a partir da abordagem psicossocial da vulnerabilidade à obesidade e ao excesso de peso, demandariam mobilização coletiva; nem ampliar a consciência do grupo sobre a violação do direito à alimentação adequada e à atenção à saúde integral a que deveriam ter acesso. Conclui-se que a crença socialmente compartilhada de que o cuidado com o corpo e saúde dependeria apenas de força de vontade individual dificulta o enfrentamento coletivo de dificuldades programáticas relacionadas à obesidade e ao excesso de peso. A falta de conhecimento da pesquisadora e membros do grupo sobre o funcionamento do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) não favorecia o reconhecimento do seu direito ao acesso à integralidade do cuidado e da prevenção no campo da alimentação. Acredita-se que a intervenção teria se beneficiado de um manejo da abordagem psicossocial mais radicalmente comprometido com o quadro da vulnerabilidade e dos direitos humanos. Ressalta-se a importância de uma formação para o psicólogo social que compreenda o funcionamento do SUS e o trabalho em equipes multi-disciplinares, considerando contextos de desigualdade social e violação de direitosPresents a literature review on health promotion models and the psychosocial approaches on obesity, discussing these models limitations. Proposing an articulation between health promotion and the psychosocial approach of the vulnerability and human rights framework, a case study of the collective construction of a mutual aid group on weight, eating and health (GAM-PAS), coordinated by the author as part of her undergraduate research, is developed. The objective of this study was to describe and analyze the implementation process of this proposal, which was created from the suggestions of the participants of the nutrition education group of the Health Promotion Center of the General Clinic Service of the Medical College of the University of São Paulo (CPS-HC). The case study has utilized group session recordings in addition to the observations recorded on a field journal of the process. The groups participants were recruited through banner ads, made by the researcher and by one of the participants of the CPS-HC group, a woman who accepted being the multiplier of this proposal on her neighborhood. The process analysis was informed by the notion of practical success and technical efficacy and by the psychosocial approach on vulnerability committed to the protection and promotion of rights, stimulating collective solutions to the shared difficulties of the lived life. The GAM-PAS had two-hour weekly meetings. The following are described: what was planned and what really happened; how the eating and health issues were experienced in the participants daily lives; what was the meaning of the GAM-PAS in the terms of its participants. The participants and the multiplier of the GAM-PAS seemed to expect the researcher to supply them with all the information they deemed necessary to take care of their eating and health, not expecting an intervention proposal open to their contribution. However, throughout the meetings, the multiplier and the participants began to contribute, transforming the space of the GAM-PAS. It wasnt possible to generate collective responses to problems which, from a psychosocial approach on vulnerability to obesity and overweight, would require a collective movement; neither was it possible to broaden the groups consciousness on the violation of the rights to adequate food and to full health attention to which they were supposed to have access. The socially shared belief that the care to both body and health would depend only on the individual willpower is assumed to decrease the possibility of a collective approach to the programmatic difficulties related to obesity and overweight. The lack of knowledge of both the researcher and the groups participants of the operation of the Brazils National Health System (SUS) didnt help the acknowledgment of their rights of access to integral care and prevention on eating issues. It is believed that this intervention would have benefitted from a psychosocial approach handling more radically committed to the vulnerability and human rights framework. It is highlighted the importance of including the SUS framework and work in multidisciplinary teams into the education of the social psychologist, considering social inequality and violation of rights contexts
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Hanashiro, Olaya. "The regional dimension in promoting human rights and the rule of law in new democracies : the police case in Ecuador and Poland." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2010. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2395/.
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The democratisation process experienced by third wave countries demonstrates the complexity of the relationship between democracy and human rights. The incompleteness of the legal state reveals some interconnectedness between democratisation and human rights protection, which this research explores in order to understand how countries starting democratisation in similar political and civil rights conditions ended up with different civil citizenships and control of the security apparatus in their new democracies. In debate with Modernisation theory, this research argues the importance of political factors and a legal state for the expansion of civil citizenship. As much as socioeconomic indicators and the development of a welfare state impact human rights, the possibility of their violation is embedded in the laws and practices inherited from non-democratic regimes and political dynamics that reproduce them. At the same time, in a debate with Transition theories, this work emphasises the potential impact of regional factors in the democratisation process and the relevance of reintroducing geopolitical elements to the discussion. The regional dimension presents different categories of influence. In order to identify regional factors related to the democratic aspects discussed here, this research focuses on regional mechanisms for promoting human rights and the rule of law, as well as on the regional cooperation or assistance related to law enforcement areas, most specifically to the police institution. Through a comparative analysis of the police in Ecuador and Poland, this research discusses: (1) the relationship between the agents of the security apparatus and ordinary citizens; (2) the domestic and regional institutional network that regulates and controls the lawlessness of their activities; and (3) regional environments that promote changes or constrain attempts toward their democratisation. In summary, this research aims to verify whether or not the regional dimension has impacted the democratic salience of the rule of law and human rights in the democratisation process.
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Yusha, Victor. "The Role of Multinational Corporations and of the State in Promoting Human Rights in Bangladesh: A Case Study of the Rana Plaza Factory Collapse." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22227.
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My study analyzes the role of the state and multinational corporations in the promotion of workers’ rights in Bangladesh through a case of the Ready-Made Garment(RMG) industry. My study examines the responsibility of Multinational Corporations(MNCs) and the motivation behind it. It also examines the principles of Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) and the way they work on practice in the aftermath of the Rana Plaza factory collapse. Additionally, it reveals the roots to the state’s failure to sufficiently comply with its obligations towards the protection of human rights through the lens of globalization and neoliberalism. My study concludes that as multinational corporations have much more resources at their disposal, the state of Bangladesh should not be held entirely accountable for the human rights violations, but the promotion of human rights should be performed in a mutual manner.
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Combs, Sarah P. ""How can I help you?" from narrative to structure : shaping a public health nursing practice for survivors of torture /." Connect to full text via ProQuest. IP filtered, 2005.
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Thesis (Ph.D. in Nursing) -- University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, 2005.Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 165-174). Free to UCDHSC affiliates. Online version available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations;