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Business and Human Rights in Latin America: An Introduction to the Special Issue.
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...
Heritage from below in Latin America: Urban protests and the struggle for Human Rights.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): European Review of Latin American & Caribbean Studies. Jan-Jun2022, Issue 113, p89-102. 14p.
Abstract: The article focuses on the end of Latin American dictatorships, scholars analyzed the relationship between violence, memory and democracy. Topics include examines these societies have continued to grapple not only with the legacy of authoritarian gover...
TOWARDS A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF GUARANTEES OF NON-REPETITION (GNR) OR NON-RECURRENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS: HOW GNR INTERSECTS TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE WITH PROCESSES OF STATE (RE)BUILDING, THE RULE OF LAW, DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE, RECONCILIATION, NATION BUILDING, SOCIAL COHESION AND HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Stanford Journal of International Law. Fall2021, Vol. 57 Issue 2, p191-229. 39p.
Abstract: States that enter periods of peace often revert back into conflict within a short period of time. In fact, some states go through ongoing cycles of peace and conflict. Against this context, it is important to find ways to ensure states remain peaceful ...
Applying Harold Koh's Transnational Legal Model to Current Human Rights Challenges.
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...
Human Rights: What Does the Future Hold?
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...
When justice answers to the president: Reexamining the effect of cabinet partisanship on human rights in presidential democracies.
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...
Why No Justice for Past Repression? Militaries and Human Rights Organizations in Post-Authoritarian States.
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 ...
HUMAN RIGHTS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: A REGIONAL OUTLOOK.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Current Politics & Economics of South, Southeastern & Central Asia. 2021, Vol. 30 Issue 2/3, p133-172. 40p.
RISE OF ILLIBERAL DEMOCRACY, WEAKENING OF THE RULE OF LAW, & IMPLEMENTATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): American University International Law Review. 2021, Vol. 36 Issue 2, p181-230. 50p.
Abstract: The article examines the human rights implications of the increasing illiberal democracy and authoritarian legalism in the Philippines. Topics discussed include the failure of the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte to address corruption and de...
Investor Rights versus Human Rights: Do Bilateral Investment Treaties Tilt the Scale?
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): British Journal of Political Science. Jul2020, Vol. 50 Issue 3, p955-977. 23p.
Abstract: This article argues that the broad and legally enforceable protection that bilateral investment treaties (BITs) offer to foreign investors worsens the human rights practices of developing countries. BITs lock in initial conditions attractive to investo...