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Abstract The recognition of the right to a healthy environment as an autonomous and justiciable right in Advisory Opinion OC‐23/17 represents the turning point of the Inter‐American Court of Human Rights towards the adoption of an ecocentric approach.
Patricio Trincado Vera
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Gender, social protection systems and street‐level bureaucrats
Abstract Street‐level bureaucrats are the “human face” of social protection delivery systems around the world. To date, most social protection literature approaches questions of gender with respect to policy and programme design and expected and unexpected outcomes.
Tara Patricia Cookson +1 more
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Abstract Content moderation by social media companies is a challenge for regulators around the world. The European Union is trying to tackle this challenge with its Digital Services Act (DSA). Notably, Article 14 DSA aims to impose language requirements based on the principle of legal certainty to social media companies' terms and conditions, of which ...
Mathieu Fasel, Sophie Weerts
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Abstract This commentary calls for a more critical relationship with human rights NGOs, specifically, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. I argue that their politics, positionality, and power are often obscured by their conflation as intrinsically imperfect organizations that yield power and influence with the moral principles of human rights
Noam Schimmel
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Open government and US development co‐operation in Colombia: Lessons for locally led development
Abstract Motivation “Localization”—direct donor support for national organizations in aid recipient countries—has become a top priority for international development. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) pledged to raise the proportion of direct funding to national organizations to 25% and for 50% of funding to involve ...
Jonathan Fox, Jeffrey Hallock
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Abstract Social protection has gained global recognition for its role in addressing poverty, yet delivering social protection remains an intractable challenge for governments in the Global South. In this article, we assess the performance of government‐run social assistance in Zimbabwe.
Tomy Ncube, Una Murray
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Abstract Analyzing how transitional justice (TJ) mechanisms address the role of economic and political elites in contexts of widespread violence is crucial for understanding their possible transformative impact. The type of challenges faced by TJ instruments when trying to deal with economic elites involved in human rights violations also reflects the ...
Rosario Figari Layús
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Abstract The Barcelona Public Health Agency (ASPB) asked the Scientific Advisory Committee on Food Safety for an opinion on the safe shelf life of Listeria monocytogenes in certain products (cheeses, cooked meats, including pâtés, and cured meats) sliced and prepackaged prior to retail sale.
Sara Bover Cid +6 more
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Resumen En los dos decenios siguientes a la adopción del Pacto Internacional de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales, la OIT aplicó un enfoque realista al defender que el ejercicio de la seguridad y salud en el trabajo (SST) como derecho fundamental pasaba por garantizar ciertas condiciones económicas previas.
Jeffrey HILGERT
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Sobre la universalidad del Derecho internacional de los derechos humanos
1. PLANTEAMIENTO.— 2. SOBRE LA EXISTENCIA DE NORMAS DE DERECHO INTERNACIONAL GENERAL EN EL DERECHO INTERNACIONAL DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS.— 3. SOBRE EL CARACTER IMPERATIVO O DE IUS COGENS DEL DERECHO INTERNACIONAL DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS.— 4. ACERCA DEL CARACTER ERGA OMNES DEL DERECHO INTERNACIONAL DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS.— 5.
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