Publication Type:Academic Journal

Source(s):International Studies Review. Dec2021, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p1349-1369. 21p.

Abstract:Over the past three decades, there has been a notable expansion in the number and remit of global norms of human protection, informing the rationale and reform of international law and institutions in significant ways. Yet, the inconsistent and selecti...

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Source(s):PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 3/17/2022, Vol. 16 Issue 3, p1-7. 7p.

Abstract:Leprosy, or Hansen's disease, is one of the oldest infectious diseases in the world. It has long been associated with stigma and discrimination, but only in recent years has this aspect been formally recognized by the international community as a human...

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Source(s):India Quarterly. Mar2022, Vol. 78 Issue 1, p104-120. 17p.

Abstract:More than 25 years of ethnic war in Sri Lanka ended in 2009. Expressing 'serious concerns' on human rights situation in post-civil war Sri Lanka, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has adopted critical resolutions. The eighth such resoluti...

Publication Type:Academic Journal

Source(s):American Journal of International Law. Apr2022, Vol. 116 Issue 2, p422-426. 5p.

Abstract:The article announces the reelection of the U.S. to the United Nations Human Rights Council on October 14, 2021.

Publication Type:Academic Journal

Source(s):Adelaide Law Review. 2020, Vol. 41 Issue 2, p363-393. 31p.

Abstract:In 2018, Australia took up its first three-year term as a Member State of the United Nations Human Rights Council (‘UNHRC’). In its bid for election, Australia made a number of voluntary commitments in relation to its human rights performance as a memb...

Publication Type:Academic Journal

Source(s):Global Society: Journal of Interdisciplinary International Relations. Jan2022, Vol. 36 Issue 1, p49-68. 20p.

Abstract:Human rights defenders (HRD) are facing shrinking spaces. The United Nations Human Rights Council (Council) is one of these potentially shrinking spaces. At the Council, there exists significant contestation over HRD and their role in human rights prot...

Publication Type:Academic Journal

Source(s):International Journal of Human Rights. Jan 2022, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p122-159. 38p.

Abstract:When the UN Human Rights Council initiated negotiations towards the first international legally binding instrument for the accountability of transnational business activities, EU Member States opposed it, and EU institutions themselves endeavoured to o...

Publication Type:Academic Journal

Source(s):All Azimuth: A Journal of Foreign Policy & Peace. Jan2020, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p5-21. 17p.

Abstract:Bu makale, BM İnsan Hakları Konseyi (HRC) Evrensel Periyodik İnceleme (UPR) kapsamında devletlere verilen tavsiyeleri analiz ederek UPR'ın inceleme altındaki devletlere faydalı önerilerde bulunup bulunmadığını belirlemeye çalışmaktadır. UPR, her dört y...

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Source(s):Journal of Contemporary China; Jul2022, Vol. 31 Issue 136, p505-517, 13p

Abstract:Copyright of Journal of Contemporary China is the property of Routledge 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...

Publication Type:Academic Journal

Source(s):International Journal on Minority & Group Rights. 2021, Vol. 28 Issue 4, p690-714. 25p.

Abstract:Scholarship on human rights and environmental justice suggests that organizations vary in their messaging regarding outcomes related to environmental protection and sustainability, differences often found in the divide between the Global North and Glob...