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Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): Business & Human Rights Journal. Oct2022, Vol. 7 Issue 3, p335-341. 7p.

Abstract: In his landmark 1967 novel One Hundred Years of Solitude , Gabriel García Márquez wrote about the 'Banana Massacre', where plantation workers that had been striking against the United Fruit Company to improve their working conditions were killed by the...

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): International Affairs. Jul2023, Vol. 99 Issue 4, p1828-1830. 3p.

Abstract: By the late 1970s, there was a market for a new US foreign policy that might halt the communist advance abroad and - Reagan hoped - to drown out the post-Vietnam foreign policy cacophony with a new bipartisan consensus. Michael Schmidli finds the answe...

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): International Interactions. Sep2023, p1-27. 27p. 3 Illustrations, 2 Charts.

Abstract: Abstract Why do some democracies better protect human rights than other democracies? Although research shows that democracies engage in fewer human rights abuses than nondemocracies, we know less about what explains the variation in respect for right...

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): Journal of Conflict Resolution. Apr2021, Vol. 65 Issue 4, p759-787. 29p.

Abstract: Do human rights organizations (HROs) aid the consolidation of democracy in post-authoritarian states? It is often argued that these groups contribute to accountability for past repression. Yet HROs can have unintended consequences if they threaten the ...

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): Journal of Health Politics, Policy & Law. Apr2023, Vol. 48 Issue 2, p157-185. 29p. 2 Maps.

Abstract: Housing is a fundamental right and a vital determinant of health. Health equity is not possible without widespread access to safe. affordable. high-quality housing. Local housing policy is a central conduit for advancing such ends. However, preemption ...

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): Social Science Journal. Apr-Jun2021, Vol. 58 Issue 2, p237-246. 10p.

Abstract: Recent research suggests that the administrations of presidents with diverse cabinets are less likely (and less able) to violate human rights. I posit that a more clear image of how (and where) repression occurs can be obtained by looking at the cabine...

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): University of Chicago Law Review. Nov2021, Vol. 88 Issue 7, p1767-1773. 7p.

Abstract: The article focuses on Harold Koh which has been a pivotal figure in the evolving human rights movement and assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor. It mentions lawyers and legal experts have commented on the visa ban and su...

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. Autumn2022, Vol. 42 Issue 3, p703-732. 30p.

Abstract: Significant tensions exist between constitutional strategies central to contemporary peacemaking in 'deeply divided places' and human rights law (HRL). These tensions are generally framed as a peace versus justice dilemma. Such framing is built on a na...

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): International Studies Review. Sep2021, Vol. 23 Issue 3, p1164-1178. 15p.

Abstract: There is no shortage of bad human rights news around the world. Human rights are threatened in dictatorships to consolidated democracies. The rise of nationalist demagoguery within countries and the rise of China as a potential hegemon in the internati...

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): Review of Social Economy. Sep2020, Vol. 78 Issue 3, p331-350. 20p.

Abstract: In this article, we offer an argument for workplace democracy that focuses on human rights responsibilities of corporations. We argue that democratic corporations are better equipped to fulfill their human rights responsibilities along two dimensions. ...