To protect human rights is to ensure that people receive some degree of decent, humane treatment. To violate the most basic human rights, on the other hand, is to deny individuals their fundamental moral entitlements. It is, in a sense, to treat them as if they are less than human and ...
and old age are all domains that lawyers and activists are increasingly determined to bring within the reach of human rights legislation. The prospects for anthropological engagement are again bright. Just as indigenous rights, for example, may seem particularly congenial to anthropological comments, so...
through local and national courts. Lawyers are basing challenges on a wide variety of legal sources, including national or international environmental laws, the rights of indigenous or tribal communities under international law, property rights, constitutional and human rights law, and common law ...
Back in 2021, the Ecuadorian government issued a landmark ruling stating that mining in its Los Cedros cloud forest violated the rights of nature. Another ruling in Ecuador stated that pollution had violated the rights of the Machángara River that runs through the capital, Quito. Beyond Ecuador...
The above challenges are just a drop in a lake against me and the revolutionizing work that the Prisoner Human Rights Movement has done inside CDCr, specifically over the past seven years (2011-2018), through which we have changed CDCr. I stand with the prisoner movement that is currently ...
Environmental and human rights organisations seeking to block oil and gas company Shell from proceeding with a seismic survey in December have failed to make a case on urgency, a high court has heard. The Eastern Cape Division of the Makhanda High Court on Wednesday heard the case brought befo...
I look forward to speaking with you in the near future. Peace, Salaam, Shalom, Paix, Steve Posted inUncategorized|TaggedBDS,Bethlehem,Bibi,Bible,Boycott,Canada,Conflict,David Coon,EAPPI,Elizabeth May,Gaza,Geneva Convention,Geneva Conventions,Green Party,Holy Land,Hope,human-rights,Humanitarian Law,...
Canadians call on the Government and federal political parties to condemn violations of international law in Gaza Please email azeezah.kanji@utoronto.ca with name, position, and affiliation to sign the letter. The letter will remain open for signing as l
comprehensive interventions and advocate for a ‘one-stop-shop’ at which survivors of human trafficking can receive all the services they need [41]. In a qualitative needs assessment conducted in Ethiopia among key human trafficking stakeholders including service providers, academics, lawyers, and NGO...
“They must also uphold due process and guarantee all detainees’ access to their families and lawyers, and fair trials that adhere to international human rights law and standards.” Click here to read the full report Kello Media: A virtual forum on Human Rights in Oromia/ EthiopiaJune 29, ...