This research brief proposes a critical legal analysis of the systemic integration of the corpus juris of international human rights law, as a hermeneutical tool able to deliver a more effective and comprehensive protection of human rights. In this sense, … Continue reading » “Systemic Interpretation of International Human Rights Law in the Jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights”
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Seventy Years of Human Rights
Seventy years after the signing of the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Morten Kjaerum and Mikael Rask Madsen discuss how politicians in Denmark must choose whether they should follow an illiberal or democratic path.… Continue reading » “Seventy Years of Human Rights”
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Expanding the Boundaries of International Human Rights Law. The Systemic Approach of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
The Inter- American Court of Human Rights has developed an interpretative approach in recent years that considers all international instruments that deliver protection to human beings as part of the same legal system, that is, the corpus juris of international … Continue reading » “Expanding the Boundaries of International Human Rights Law. The Systemic Approach of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights”
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Roundtable on Anti-Corruption and Human Rights – How to become mutually reinforcing?
A recent roundtable held by the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in Lund, Sweden featured two days of discussions, study, and brainstorming on the connection between anti-corruption work and human rights.
Morten Kjaerum, Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute: “The goal of … Continue reading » “Roundtable on Anti-Corruption and Human Rights – How to become mutually reinforcing?”
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Policy Developments in Six Policy Channels: Brief 3
This brief tracks recent developments in different policy fields such as economic law, human rights and development cooperation, and corporate social responsibility. Root causes of abuses in transnational business operations are highlighted both at the top and bottom of the … Continue reading » “Policy Developments in Six Policy Channels: Brief 3”
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Regulating in a Transnational Context: Three Foundational Principles: Brief 2
This brief, the second in a series of four, puts forward three foundational principles that explain the difficulties in regulating multinational enterprises. This has implications on whether more or less coercive strategies could be pursued to ensure responsible business conduct.… Continue reading » “Regulating in a Transnational Context: Three Foundational Principles: Brief 2”
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The chapter discusses the principle of the legal separation of entities and its ramifications in the transnational human rights context. There have been calls to hold multinational enterprises accountable for human rights infringements in their global value chains. Some argue … Continue reading » “Legalizing human rights due diligence and the separation of entities principle”
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Protection of Indigenous Peoples’ Traditional Lands and Exploitation of Natural Resources : The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Safeguards
From International Law to Local Communities : The Role of the United Nations in the Realization of Human Rights
“Fifty Years of Success” could be the headline for the celebration of the anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in 1966. … Continue reading » “From International Law to Local Communities : The Role of the United Nations in the Realization of Human Rights”
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