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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Economic and social rights"”.
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An ethical assessment of the impact of inequitable land ownership patterns on women’s economic and social rights: a case study of Mumbwa district
… ethically assessed the impact of inequitable land ownership patterns on women’s economic and social rights in Mumbwa district. Despite more women than men being dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods, the majority of women in Zambia do not own land due to inequitable land ownership …
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An ethical assessment of the impact of inequitable land ownership patterns on women’s economic and social rights: a case study of Mumbwa district
… ethically assessed the impact of inequitable land ownership patterns on women’s economic and social rights in Mumbwa district. Despite more women than men being dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods, the majority of women in Zambia do not own land due to inequitable land ownership …
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Redressing Social Inequality through Transitional Justice
By questioning whether addressing social inequality can be considered a form of transitional justice, this dissertation leads a critical discussion on the assumptions of traditional or narrow understandings of transitional justice, how these obscure the potential for transitional justice to tackle …
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Theorizing 'Transitional Justice'
… for criminal prosecutions following mass human rights violations and advocates of restorative justice claiming that non-prosecutorial forms of justice like truth-telling are better suited for post-conflict societies. This debate was eventually settled, at least in the field, by a belief that …
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The transformative potential of human rights : the human right to water and the courts
… to water is a relatively recent development, and the delineation of the scope and content of this right, and the attendant obligations, is still in its infancy. This thesis uses the right to water as a lens through which to explore the transformative potential of human rights and examine the …
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The intractable refugee gap in the Nordics: can human rights make a difference?
… Although, the decision is discretionary and benevolent, it is nonetheless grounded in international customary law since, normatively, refugees are to be protected from acts of persecution, scenes of desolation and other glaring human rights abuses, even by States which are yet to sign or …
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The Impact of EU Fundamental Rights on the Employment Relationship
… the impact of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (the Charter) on the employment relationship. The Charter has long been praised for its inclusion of socio-economic rights alongside traditional civil and political rights. It might have been thought, therefore, that the Charter would be a …
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Role of print media in conflict escalation: a study of selected print media houses in Lusaka district, Zambia.
… Commissioners, Deputy Country Commissioners and Journalists. The sample selection procedure in this study was the selection of four major Zambian Newspapers. Both purposive sampling and census sampling methods were used in the study. The study found that their pull and push factors that makes …
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Indivisibility and interdependence of human rights; should there be limits to the European Court of Human Rights reading significant socio-economic elements into Convention rights?
… is on the work of the European Court on Human Rights (the Court, ECtHR), namely on judgments by which the Court reads into the European Convention on Human Rights (the Convention, ECHR) rights with significant socio-economic elements already guaranteed under the European Social Charter (the …
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Protection of economic, social, and cultural rights in Europe in the 21st century
Economic, social, and cultural rights which are fundamental, and essential for the dignity and well-being of individuals and communities, are recognized by international law and are protected at both the universal and regional levels. The Doctoral thesis consists of two parts. In Part I …
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An Assessment of David Hollenbach's Contribution to the Debate on Human Rights and its Future Promise
The issue of human rights represents what is probably the primary ethical concern in the world today. No human problem transcends national boundaries to the degree that violations of human rights do, not only with regard to their causes, but also in search for human solutions. There are many …
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La aplicabilidad de los derechos sociales prestacionales en los sistemas jurídicos contemporáneos
… bases para el estudio de los derechos sociales prestacionales, los cuales son derechos que reproducen en su complejo proceso de aplicación todas las alteraciones sistémicas traídas por el neoconstitucionalismo. Con eso, procuraremos ofertar más elementos para un análisis de las diversas …