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The History of Objectifying Women : From Opium Use in the Japanese Empire to Contemporary Advertising

One Decade of Empirical Research About the Concept of Person-Centred Care: A Systematic Review

Inter-Professional Collaboration Through Boundary Work: Unfolding the “Doing” of Collaboration in Teamwork

The human rights committee and freedom of religion or belief

How to Untie a Tie in the Human Rights Committee

The Right of Domicile in the Åland Islands in the Light of Human Rights Treaties and the European Integration Process

The international covenant on civil and political rights

General issues Basic features The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1966, and, after the required number of ratifications, it entered into force on 23 March 1976. To a large extent the Covenant, together with the simultaneously adopted International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, codifies in the for

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International Human Rights Law and the Islamic Headscarf : A Short Note on the Positions of the European Court of Human Rights and the Human Rights Committee

Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion

Foreword : Gender and counter-terrorism. Reflections by a former United Nations special rapporteur

Nature-based solutions in cities of the Global South

This book explores the practice of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in the cities of the Global South. NBS are recognized as a key strategy for achieving sustainable development, and they are being implemented in a variety of sectors such as urban planning, agriculture, forestry, and water management. They offer a wide range of benefits, but there is a gap between research and practice across cities f

European human rights as universal rights : In defence of a holistic understanding of human rights

Introduction. The European Convention on Human Rights is but one of many human rights treaties binding upon European states. In particular at the level of the United Nations, numerous – general and specific – human rights treaties have been adopted, to which most Council of Europe member states adhere. This chapter examines how far the scopes of human rights at the UN and the Council of Europe lev

Treaty-based procedures for making human rights complaints within the un system

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The ICJ and the individual

Procedurally, individuals do not have access to the Court, or standing before the ICJ. Pursuant to the relevant articles 34.1 and 65 of the ICJ Statute individuals cannot be parties in contentious cases or in advisory opinions respectively. Individuals can be heard as witnesses and experts but this does not transform the persons in question to parties. However the individual is not completely igno

Just another word? Jurisdiction in the roadmaps of state responsibility and human rights

Introduction Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose… Kris Kristofferson Whereas thecurrent debate on holding States accountable for extraterritorial human rights violations tends to focus on ‘jurisdiction’ or related concepts (such as ‘effective control’), the analogous public international law discourse on State responsibility appears to take a different path, managing to cope witho

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Indigenous peoples’ rights under the international covenant on civil and political rights

State Responsibility, Good Governance and Indivisible Human Rights