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Showing 1 to 20 of 6329 for “"rights"”.
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Environmental Rights
… I address the claim that theories of moral rights are incompatible with environmental concerns. This claim is often made on the grounds that rights are too individualistic and human-centred. I attempt to answer this, not on the grounds that it misrepresents all theories of rights or that …
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RIGHTS AS PRAXIS: SARTRE AND THE POLITICS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
… of this thesis is to determine why the human rights discourse has failed to usher in an age where the rights of man are respected, and what might be changed in order to facilitate such an age. We move from a discussion of the classical and contemporary versions of the human rights discourse to …
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From business 'and' human rights to human rights 'in' business
In 2011, the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council endorsed the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, which set out the norm of ‘corporate responsibility to respect human rights’. This interpretive qualitative study explores the meaning-making processes of human rights and business …
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Thresholds for rights.
Thresholds for rights.
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Basic rights and disagreement: is persistent disagreement about basic rights a reason to specify rights by democratic procedures?
Reasonable disagreement about rights is commonly thought to challenge the legitimacy of political liberalism and judicial review. If citizens persistently and reasonably disagree about basic rights, how can any state adopt laws that all citizens can reasonably accept? Why can a handful of judges …
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Climate Change and Human Rights. Exploring Human Rights-Based Climate Litigation
… of climate change litigation grounded in human rights arguments. Its beginning focuses on uncovering the litigants’ incentives and legal position by studying the interconnectedness of climate change and human rights in their relevant international and regional frameworks. Following this …
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The Human Rights Act 1998: A Bill of Rights for Britain?
… of the coming into force of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA), this thesis endeavours to explore the extent to which New Labour’s flagship piece of legislation can be considered a Bill of Rights for Britain. It explores the debate surrounding the characteristics of Bills of Rights in …
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Rights in Flux: The Rights of Afghan Women in Different Eras
Have the lives of Afghan women improved since the U.S. invasion of October of 2001? Historically, the George W. Bush Administration followed past foreign governments, Afghan political parties, and Afghan regimes who also promised to "liberate Afghan women" when making the case for war or violence. …
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Inherent rights, vision rights : a virtual environment by Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
… 1991-92 virtual environment Inherent Rights Vision Rights. The work Inherent Rights, Vision Rights, as part of the Land Spirit, Power exhibition of 1992, made Canadian art "history" as it was the first virtual reality piece ever shown at the National Gallery of Canada. In this thesis …
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The conflict between property rights and environmental rights under constitutional law
… for the international protection of human rights after the Second World War. The protection and the management of the environment has become one of the central questions on a global level and the survival of mankind can only be guaranteed if the international community - as well as the …
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Rights of power vs. power of rights: synthesis of Muslim built environments
… (inherited) mode is based on the concept of rights as derived from shari 'a (Islamic legal system). Substantial dissensions exist between the two modes, due to differences in their concepts of power and related mechanisms. This research helps to explain many concepts concerning "the structure …
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Women's rights in Islam and current discourse of international human rights law
… on the basis of sex as reflected in the UN human rights instrument culminated in 1979 with the adoption of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. With the adoption of the Convention, the separate concepts of women's rights were recast in a global …
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Profits versus human rights : accountability for corporate complicity in human rights violations
… examine the interplay between business and human rights within the context of political transitions from authoritarian to democratic rule. In the wake of the globalisation process and the subsequent breakdown of the Westphalian state system, transnational corporations (TNCs) have acquired …
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Privacy rights in employment
… of domestic legal protection for privacy rights within employment. Unusually for a current work, it does this by returning to the genesis of the protections. The work challenges pervasive arguments that the notion of confidence did not protect privacy and exceptionally argues that the …
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A justification for rights
… an argument in favour of there being natural rights. Such rights are rights which creatures necessarily have in virtue of their nature alone. These are to be distinguished from non-natural rights which may or may not be acquired. It is argued that natural rights possess three features: (1) …
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Evaluating Human Rights INGOs
… (INGOs) that focus on tackling human rights issues have grown rapidly. These organizations operate internationally and work with governments, legislatures, social movement leaders, activists, donors, and individual citizens. As the number of operating INGOs has risen dramatically, …
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Land Rights & Village Membership - A Comparative Study of Land Rights in Rural China
… The study has policy implications for the voting rights in village elections of rural-to-rural migrants in contemporary China and suggests an agenda for future research.
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Toward a Political Conception of Minority Rights: Reconciling Sovereignty, Human Rights and Minority Claims
… dissertation is whether one can defend the rights of homeland minorities as a progressive extension of the existing norms of human rights. This question calls for several deeper inquiries about the nature, the function and the underlying justifications for both human rights and minority …
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Uneven encounters and paradoxical rights: embodiment and difference in sexual orientation rights and activism
… the intersection of sexual orientation and human rights and the increased tendency towards the expression of the concerns of sexual minorities in rights based terminology in international law as a Deleuzian ‘problem’ to be explored and unpicked. Sexual orientation is a singular expression of a …
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