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Addressing Corporate Activity That Negatively Impacts Natural Resources: Community-Led Engagement as a Path to Rights Compatible Remedies.
Publication Type:Periodical
Source(s):International Law News. Fall2021, Vol. 49 Issue 1, p5-10. 6p.
Abstract:Despite the increasing calls for more rights holder involvement, company-level and multi-stakeholder NJGMs continue to primarily be created and operated by companies. Companies engaged in agricultural, mining, and other extractive projects may explore ...
Disabling the rights of Americans with disabilities: what should be done next?
Publication Type:Academic Journal
Source(s):Mental and physical disability law reporter [Ment Phys Disabil Law Rep] 2005 Jul-Aug; Vol. 29 (4), pp. 518-9.
- Authors:
- Parry JW
The Immigration Courts Are in Need of an Overhaul.
Publication Type:Academic Journal
Source(s):Judges' Journal; Winter2022, Vol. 61 Issue 1, p19-36, 18p, 2 Color Photographs
- Authors:
- Tsankov, Judge Mimi
Abstract:The article reports that Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has written a letter to Attorney General William Barr, in which he and eight members of the Senate Judiciary Committee called on Barr to take action against, what he termed, an increasingly troubling ...
- Subjects:
- IMMIGRATION courts
- HUMAN rights
- PERSECUTION
- TORTURE
Human Rights for All: From Culture War to Not a War at All.
Publication Type:Periodical
Source(s):Human Rights; Jul2022, Vol. 47 Issue 3/4, p15-17, 3p, 1 Color Photograph, 1 Graph, 2 Maps
- Authors:
- Adams, J. Stuart
- Wilson, Robin Fretwell
Abstract:Copyright of Human Rights is the property of American Bar Association and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, ...
Nothing About Youth, Without Youth: The Resurgence of Youth Power in Proclaiming Basic Human Rights to End Homelessness in the United States.
Publication Type:Periodical
Source(s):Human Rights. Oct2021, Vol. 47 Issue 1, p10-12. 3p. 2 Color Photographs.
- Authors:
- Wayman, Rich Hooks
Abstract:Another national organization that exemplifies youth leadership and power is A Way Home America (AWHA) (https:/awayhomeamerica.org). Yorri Berry-Harris, NN4Y's director of Youth Partnerships, has lived experience in housing displacement and short-term ...
Protecting the rights of the mentally ill.
Publication Type:Academic Journal
Source(s):American Bar Association journal. American Bar Association [Am Bar Assoc J] 1978 Apr; Vol. 64, pp. 564-7.
- Authors:
- Shwed HJ
ABA Submission to UN Working Group.
Publication Type:Periodical
Source(s):International Law News. Winter2021, Vol. 48 Issue 2, p21-24. 4p.
- Authors:
- Bagheri, Morvarid
- Lewis, Corinne
Abstract:The United Nations Human Rights Council's unanimous adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs),[1] in June 2011,[2] marked a significant advancement in addressing the long-standing governance gap concerning corporations'...
Addressing the "Social" in Environmental, Social and Governance: A United Nations Treaty on Business and Human Rights.
Publication Type:Periodical
Source(s):International Law News. Spring2021, Vol. 48 Issue 3, p15-18. 4p.
- Authors:
- Lewis, Dr. Corinne
- Goutier, Jolan
Abstract:The Treaty Process In June 2014, the UN Human Rights Council mandated an Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group (OIWG) "to elaborate an international legally binding instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities of trans...
A New Global Mandate to End Violence and Harassment in the World of Work: A Gender-Responsive Approach.
Publication Type:Academic Journal
Source(s):ABA Journal of Labor & Employment Law; Oct2021, Vol. 35 Issue 3, p493-510, 18p, 4 Charts
- Authors:
- Carlson, Eric Stener
- Olney, Shauna
Abstract:The article discusses a gender-based approach to address the issues of violence and harassment in the workplace. Other topics include the adoption by the International Labour Organization (ILO) of the Violence and Harassment Convention of 2019 to addre...
Now More Than Ever.
Publication Type:Periodical
Source(s):International Law News. Winter2021, Vol. 48 Issue 2, p6-9. 4p.
- Authors:
- Gutterman, Alan S.
Abstract:Recognized international human rights have traditionally been framed as creating duties and obligations for States under treaties and other instruments and elements of international human rights law. They have argued that the only real hope is that bus...