Download or read book Democratization and the Protection of Human Rights written by Patricia J. Campbell and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1998-09-24 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the human rights challenges and contradictions of developing countries making the transition to democracy.
Download or read book Democratization and the Protection of Human Rights in Africa written by Brendalyn P. Ambrose and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Democracy and Goodness written by John R. Wallach and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proposes a new democratic theory, rooted in activity not consent, and intrinsically related to historical understandings of power and ethics.
Download or read book Human Rights and Democracy written by Todd Landman and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 20th century has been described as the bloodiest in human history, but it was also the century in which people around the world embraced ideas of democracy and human rights as never before, constructing social, political and legal institutions seeking to contain human behaviour. Todd Landman offers an optimistic, yet cautionary tale of these developments, drawing on the literature, from politics, international relations and international law. He celebrates the global turn from tyranny and violence towards democracy and rights but also warns of the precariousness of these achievements in the face of democratic setbacks and the undermining of rights commitments by many countries during the so-called 'War on Terror'.
Download or read book Protecting Human Rights written by Todd Landman and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2005-10-04 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ours has been called a global "age of rights," an era in which respect for human rights is considered the highest aspiration of the international democratic community. Since the United Nation's 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a wide variety of protections—civil, political, economic, social, and cultural—have been given legal validation as countries ratify treaties, participate in intergovernmental organizations, and establish human rights tribunals and truth and reconciliation commissions. Yet notable human rights failures have marred the post-Declaration era, including ongoing state violence toward citizens, the selectivity of humanitarian intervention (evidenced by the international community's failure to respond in Rwanda), and recent legislation in advanced democracies that trades some rights for protection against the threat of terrorism. How are we to reconcile the language of rights with the reality? Do we live in an age of rights after all? In Protecting Human Rights, Todd Landman provides a unique quantitative analysis of the marked gap between the principle and practice of human rights. Applying theories and methods from the fields of international law, international relations, and comparative politics, Landman examines data from 193 countries over 25 years (1976-2000) to assess the growth of the international human rights regime, the effect of law on actual protection, and global variation in human rights norms. Landman contends that human rights foreign policy remains based more on geo-strategic interest than moral internationalism. He argues that the influence human rights ideals have begun to have on states cannot be separated from the broader impact of socioeconomic changes that swept the globe in the late twentieth century. Landman concludes that international law alone will not suffice to fully protect human rights—it must be accompanied by democratic government, effective conflict resolution, and just economic systems.
Download or read book Defending Human Rights and Democracy in the Era of Globalization written by Akrivopoulou, Christina and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2016-09-21 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The era of technology in which we reside has ushered in a more globalized and connected world. While many benefits are gained from this connectivity, possible disadvantages to issues of human rights are developed as well. Defending Human Rights and Democracy in the Era of Globalization is a pivotal resource for the latest research on the effects of a globalized society regarding issues relating to social ethics and civil rights. Highlighting relevant concepts on political autonomy, migration, and asylum, this book is ideally designed for academicians, professionals, practitioners, and upper-level students interested in the ongoing concerns of human rights.
Download or read book Emerging Areas of Human Rights in the 21st Century written by Marco Odello and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes a set of studies and reflections that have emerged since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Encompassing a number of human rights, such as the right to environmental protection, the right to humanitarian aid, and the right to democratic governance, this collection focuses on issues and areas that were not originally mentioned or foreseen in the Declaration but that have since developed into salient topics. These developing rights are considered in the light of contemporary national and international law, as well as against the wider picture and the contexts in which human rights may have effect. Moreover, the topics covered take in a wide range of research fields, including law, politics and criminology. Emerging Areas of Human Rights in the 21st Century is aimed primarily at undergraduate and postgraduate students, and scholars interested in international law, human rights and politics.
Download or read book Protecting Human Rights written by Tom Campbell and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2003 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conceptual boundaries and functions of human rights
Download or read book The Strength of Diversity written by Allan Rosas and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2022-06-13 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the beginning of the 1990's, all CSCE (Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe) States committed themselves to pluralist democracy, the rule of law and human rights and fundamental freedoms. The idea of pluralist democracy is also gaining ground in other parts of the world.
Download or read book Confucianism Democratization and Human Rights in Taiwan written by Joel S. Fetzer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Responding to the "Asian values" debate over the compatibility of Confucianism and liberal democracy, Confucianism, Democratization, and Human Rights in Taiwan, by Joel S. Fetzer and J. Christopher Soper, offers a rigorous, systematic investigation of the contributions of Confucian thought to democratization and the protection of women, indigenous peoples, and press freedom in Taiwan. Relying upon a unique combination of empirical analysis of public opinion surveys, legislative debates, public school textbooks, and interviews with leading Taiwanese political actors, this essential study documents the changing role of Confucianism in Taiwan's recent political history. While the ideology largely bolstered authoritarian rule in the past and played little role in Taiwan's democratization, the belief system is now in the process of transforming itself in a pro-democratic direction. In contrast to those who argue that Confucianism is inherently authoritarian, the authors contend that Confucianism is capable of multiple interpretations, including ones that legitimate democratic forms of government. At both the mass and the elite levels, Confucianism remains a powerful ideology in Taiwan despite or even because of the island's democratization. Borrowing from Max Weber's sociology of religion, the writers provide a distinctive theoretical argument for how an ideology like Confucianism can simultaneously accommodate itself to modernity and remain faithful to its core teachings as it decouples itself from the state. In doing so, Fetzer and Soper argue, Confucianism is behaving much like Catholicism, which moved from a position of ambivalence or even opposition to democracy to one of full support. The results of this study have profound implications for other Asian countries such as China and Singapore, which are also Confucian but have not yet made a full transition to democracy.
Download or read book Global Dimensions of Democracy and Human Rights Problems and Perspectives written by Chitadze, Nika and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2022-05-27 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democracy and human rights are key focuses in today’s world as countries across the globe attempt to address significant problems within their territories, such as illiteracy, discrimination, and gender inequality, in order to develop and evolve. To ensure countries address these critical human rights issues, further study is required to understand and identify potential causes and solutions. Global Dimensions of Democracy and Human Rights: Problems and Perspectives considers the main principles of democracy and human rights, including the analysis of personal, political, economic, social, legal, ethnic, and religious freedoms as well as the importance of democracy enlargement for the establishment of peace and stability in the world. The book also discusses the main obstacles of democracy and human rights protection and what should be done globally to prevent and resolve these issues to achieve tolerance and equity in the world. Covering topics such as civil rights, global development, and digital technologies, this reference work is ideal for political scientists, activists, policymakers, government officials, industry professionals, researchers, scholars, practitioners, academicians, instructors, and students.
Download or read book Introducing Democracy written by David Beetham and published by UNESCO. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a selection of questions and answers covering the principles of democracy, including human rights, free and fair elections, open and accountable government, and civil society.
Download or read book Democratic Governance and Human Rights written by John Shelley and published by States Academic Press. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democratic governance is a system of government wherein the actions of institutions are directed by democratic norms and processes. It encompasses political pluralism, institutional accountability and democratic elections. Promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms are integral to successful democratic governance. The relationship between democracy and human rights is elaborate, interdependent and mutually important. A rights centered approach to democracy based on the rule of law is the most reliable safeguard against human rights abuses. The success of a democracy building effort will be directly influenced by the inclusive and consultative nature of the constitution making process. Human rights standards provide a broad basis for these processes. This book discusses the fundamentals as well as modern approaches of democratic governance and human rights. It studies, analyses and upholds the pillars of these practices and their utmost significance in modern times. Researchers and students in this field will be assisted by this book.
Download or read book Violence and Democratic Society written by Jamil Salmi and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "While violations of human rights continue all over the world, Western criticisms and campaigns have too often presented them either in a Cold War context or with what some people in the South see as an anti-Third World bias. This not only undermines their political impact, but implies that the human rights record of Western societies is almost blameless." "Jamil Salmi's significant contribution in this book is to develop a new conceptualisation of human rights violations. This goes beyond the Western liberal tradition and provides a broader classification, applicable to any society - be it capitalist or socialist, industrialised or Third World. Drawing on impeccably authoritative sources, including Amnesty International, this plain-speaking and powerful argument illuminates not only cases of clear and direct violence, such as torture, but also forces our attention to situations where violence is disguised and indirect: the threat of environmental damage to human life, the repressive violence of racism and sexism, and the alienating and dehumanising effects of unemployment."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book Rights and Democracy written by Henk Botha and published by AFRICAN SUN MeDIA. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twelve essays in this book pay tribute to senior Harvard law professor Frank Michelman whose thinking ? and input ? on Constitutional Law has made a great contribution to constitutional development in South Africa. These essays are the work of some of the best practical and academic legal minds in this country and, given South Africa?s recent successes in this field, represent an advanced position in constitutional thinking in the world.
Download or read book Law Democracy and the European Court of Human Rights written by Rory O'Connell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how the European Court of Human Rights understands 'democracy' and might support more deliberative, participatory and inclusive practices.
Download or read book Democracy and Human Rights written by Daniela Fusco and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-02-08 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work focuses on the analysis of the process of democratisation, starting from the illustration of the principles of self-determination and democracy and their sources, and ending with two cases studies: The Libyan and the Haitian situations. The work begins with the Tom Franck's article entitled "The Emerging Right to Democratic Governance", published in 1992 in the American Journal of International Law, as it has initiated an important debate on the relationship between international law and democracy. The author analyses how, in occasion of the attempted coup in Russia and of the successful overthrow of elected president Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Haiti, respectively in August and September 1991, international organizations gave an unprecedented response. In both cases "the leaders of states constituting the international community vigorously asserted that only democracy validates governance." Furthermore, Franck claimed either that legitimacy of governments was no longer a matter of national arrangements, but of international law or that democratic governance was becoming an enforceable entitlement. Hence, this study is aiming to examine the three 'building blocks' identified by Franck as fundamental features of democracy, that is to say, the principle of self-determination, the right to 'free political expression' and the right to 'free and fair periodic elections'. The right of self-determination is mentioned in the United Nations Charter in Article 1 (2), a programmatic rule which refers to self-determination as a 'purpose' on the United Nations. Being friendly relations among nations one of the core purposes of the United Nations, they should find their legitimacy, according to the Charter, in respecting equal rights and self-determination of peoples. Besides the analysis of all the aspects that identify this principle as fundamental in international law, the major aim of this study is to examine the United Nations' politic in guaranteeing self-determination as a collective right through decolonization, in the light of the two Human Rights Covenants of 1966 and in view of article 55 of the United Nations Charter, a declaratory norm which gives some hints concerning the operational measures to be taken by the UN in order to give more substance to the purpose of peaceful and friendly relations among nations 'based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples.' Moreover, for what concerns the principle of democracy, the work has set itself the aim to scrutinize its vagueness, as the Vienna declaration and the Agenda for Peace of the United Nations Secretary General only refer to the positive effects of democracy on human rights, development and peace without giving any specific definition of the term. Nevertheless, according to the United Nations General Assembly resolution adopted in 2000 under the title "Promoting and Consolidating Democracy", democracy is characterised by pluralism, the protection of human rights, separation of powers, rule of law, elections, development of a civil society, good governance, sustainable development, solidarity, and social cohesion. Furthermore, the United Nations works incessantly for promoting human rights, development, as well as peace and security, assisting parliaments to enhance the checks and balances that allow democracy to thrive, giving assistance to develop policies and legislation in order to guarantee the rights of freedom of association and expression, and, last but not least, providing electoral assistance and long-term support for electoral management bodies. In that regard, the work's purpose is to scrutinize the situation in Haiti and the United Nations' intervention, which can be considered the most purposeful moment of United Nations' activity in favour of democratic regimes.
