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Exploring Linkages Between Rule of Law Backsliding and Human Rights: How to Find the Brakes on a Slippery Slope?

Utrecht Law Review
Backsliding is a global phenomenon that does not only occur in terms of the level or quality of democracy. It also can be traced in an, often deliberate, weakening of the rule of law and a connected deterioration of human rights protection. We argue that
Hadeel S. Abu Hussein, Antoine Buyse, Katharine Fortin   +2 more
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Democracy in Latin America: Between Backsliding and Resilience

Athena
Democracy is strongly threatened, but, even so, it still resists. Although comparative literature is divided between pessimists and optimists (Freidenberg and Saavedra Herrera, 2020), or between those who see its setbacks (Bermeo, 2016; Diamond, 2020 ...
Flavia Freidenberg
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Democratic Backsliding in Poland on Example Drafts Amendments in Electoral Code During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Polish Political Science Yearbook, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic occurred in Poland during the campaign before the presidential election scheduled for May 10. This non-military threat changed the election campaign’s dynamics, leading to an unprecedented failure to hold elections and postponing ...
Maciej Skrzypek
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From Exclusion to Co-Optation: Political Opportunity Structures and Civil Society Responses in De-Democratising Hungary

Politics and Governance, 2023
While it is well-known that democratic backsliding imposes a variety of challenges on civil society organisations, it is often assumed that it represses civil society.
Márton Gerő, Anna Fejős, Szabina Kerényi, Dorottya Szikra   +3 more
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Democratic Institutions Without Democratic Content?-New Regionalism and Democratic Backsliding in Regional Reforms in Sweden

Frontiers in Political Science, 2021
The aim of this article is to examine trends of democratic backsliding associated with the long standing reform work on regional institutions and policies in Sweden.
Jörgen Johansson, Jörgen Johansson, Malin Rönnblom, Malin Rönnblom, Andreas Öjehag-Pettersson, Andreas Öjehag-Pettersson   +5 more
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 ’Aκρασία and desire

Logos i Ethos, 2017
Although he does not use the phrase, in Book VII of the Nicomachean ethics, Aristotle contends with the philosophical problem of socratic intellectualism, attempting to unwind the apparent paradox of the ἀκρατής, the man who knows what he ought to do and
Timothy Hynes
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Lawyers in Backsliding Democracy [PDF]

This Article explores the role of lawyers in democratic backsliding—the degradation of democratic institutions and practices using law rather than violence.
Cummings, Scott L.
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Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
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Mobilising in Times of Gender Equality Backsliding: International Human Rights Responses to Anti-Gender Discourse

Utrecht Law Review
In recent years, anti-gender mobilisations have spanned regions, including Latin America and Europe, spurring a backlash against gender equality and creating hostile environments for advocates and scholars working in the field. While these movements have
Lourdes Peroni
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Central Nervous System Tumors Among Infants in Canada: A Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) tumors in infants are rare, pose unique clinical challenges, and lack large‐scale evidence‐based data to guide management. This study seeks to describe CNS tumors in Canadian infants and to compare their outcomes with those of older children.
Samuel Sassine, Hallie Coltin, Sylvia Cheng, Lucie Lafay‐Cousin, Vanan Issai Magimairajan, Craig Erker, Stéphanie Vairy, Lynette Bowes, Adam Fleming, Donna Johnston, Sarah McKillop, Roona Sinha, Julie Bennett, Christina Coleman, Laura Wheaton, Shayna Zelcer, Samuele Renzi, Thai Hoa Tran   +17 more
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