Europas nyckelaktörer måste ha uthållighet, insikt och historiskt minne för att kunna stå emot förenklade och populistiska argument mot yttrandefriheten, skriver Morten Kjaerum, chef för Raoul Wallenberg-institutet.… Continue reading » “Ytterst står det demokratiska samhället på spel”
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Decentering human rights from the international order of states : The alignment and interaction of transnational policy channels
This article accounts for recent developments in corporate social responsibility, international trade and investment law, international human rights law, development aid, and the laws of home states reaching extraterritorially in order to advance a regulatory perspective on commerce and human … Continue reading » “Decentering human rights from the international order of states : The alignment and interaction of transnational policy channels”
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Human Rights and the Dark Side of Globalisation: Transnational Law Enforcement and Migration Control
This edited volume examines the continued viability of international human rights law in the context of growing transnational law enforcement. With states increasingly making use of global governance modes, core exercises of public authority such as migration control, surveillance, detention … Continue reading » “Human Rights and the Dark Side of Globalisation: Transnational Law Enforcement and Migration Control”
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From International Law to Local Communities : The Role of the United Nations in the Realization of Human Rights
“Fifty Years of Success” could be the headline for the celebration of the anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in 1966. … Continue reading » “From International Law to Local Communities : The Role of the United Nations in the Realization of Human Rights”
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Human rights are to become interdisciplinary
A new interdisciplinary research environment for human rights will soon be launched in Lund. “Interdisciplinarity and innovative thinking are required if our work on human rights is to remain relevant to society”, writes Morten Kjaerum, director of the Raoul Wallenberg … Continue reading » “Human rights are to become interdisciplinary”
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Self-Representation before the International Criminal Court: Safeguarding the Interests of Justice and Protecting Human Rights
At the beginning of the new millennium, two cases before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) — namely, Milosević and Šešelj — sparked an outburst of scholarly comment regarding the right to self-representation within international criminal tribunals. … Continue reading » “Self-Representation before the International Criminal Court: Safeguarding the Interests of Justice and Protecting Human Rights”
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Rights to Lands, Participation and Consultation of Indigenous Peoples. : A summary of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Judicial Interpretation.
This summary proposes a critical legal analysis of the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights regarding indigenous peoples’ rights to lands, participation, and consultation. It focuses on the role that cultural diversity as a legal standard has played … Continue reading » “Rights to Lands, Participation and Consultation of Indigenous Peoples. : A summary of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Judicial Interpretation.”
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The Perfect Storm: Sovereignty Games and the Law and Politics of Boat Migration
4 690 migrants have lost their lives in the Mediterranean this year, making 2016 once again set a tragic record and the Mediterranean account for more than three fourths of all registered migrant casualties worldwide. In his most recent book … Continue reading » “The Perfect Storm: Sovereignty Games and the Law and Politics of Boat Migration”
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Does International Refugee Law Still Matter?
Most international lawyers like to think that their particular branch of law exerts a certain, undeniable influence on state behaviour. And while international human rights law has traditionally been derided by some as abstract and wishful legal thinking, stronger oversight … Continue reading » “Does International Refugee Law Still Matter?”
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