Freedom in the World 2024: The Mounting Damage of Flawed Elections and Armed Conflict [PDF]
Global freedom declined for the 18th consecutive year in 2023. The scope and scale of deterioration were extensive, affecting one-fifth of the world's population.
Yana Gorokhovskaia +3 more
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The Criminal Law of the Free Society: A Philosophical Exploration of Overcriminalization and the Limits of the Criminal Law [PDF]
The criminal law is the most coercive institution of social control in the modern liberal state. It criminalizes conduct, prosecutes individuals, and treats offenders in ways that under other circumstance we would consider as serious violations of ...
Donoso, Alfonso L
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English teachers' journeys since the 2020 Iteration of Black Lives Matter
Abstract The 2020 resurgence of Black Lives Matter (BLM) mobilised students in England to demand greater representation of racially minoritised voices in English curriculums—a call highlighted by stark inequity: just 1.5% of GCSE texts studied are by racially minoritised authors, despite racially minoritised students comprising 38.0% of the student ...
Adrian Fernandes
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Streaming Video Games: Copyright Infringement or Protected Speech?
Streaming video games, that is, live broadcasting playing video games on the internet, is incredibly popular. Millions tune into twitch.tv daily to watch eSport tournaments, their favourite streamer, and chat with other viewers.
Eirik Evert Elias Jungar
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Citizen UK 2000 and the European Convention for the promotion and protection of Human Rights and fundamental freedoms [PDF]
This thesis sets out to review the extent to which the European Convention for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms(1) has influenced the political and legal order of England and Wales.(2) Analysis is explored along a ...
Lugton, Alis Margaret
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Children's food activism: Reflections on knowledge and responsibility
Abstract Children as activists have become more prominent in recent years. Their activism is manifest in relation to conspicuously political topics such as Black Lives Matter, voting rights, being able to air their views or protesting against injustices related to race, culture and other identities. Less often, if at all, do children engage politically
Sharon Hunter +7 more
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Task Competency in the Rights Analytic: Mental Health and the Justification for Rights and Duties
The paper concerns the moral status of persons for the purposes of rights-holding and duty-bearing. Developing from Gewirth’s argument to the Principle of Generic Consistency (PGC) and Beyleveld et al.’s Principle of Precautionary Reasoning, I argue in ...
Clayton Thompson, J.
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Freedom of religion under the European Convention on Human Rights: Foreshadowing interpretative dilemmas [PDF]
This chapter focuses on those provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) most clearly relevant to freedom of religion: Article 9, and Article 2 of the First Protocol.
Edge, Peter W., Vickers, Lucy
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Bridging the Gap: Student Voices on Recruitment and Retention in Ecology
Abstract Students entering ecology and environmental science face a variety of challenges, including limited awareness of career paths, lack of mentorship, and difficulties connecting with peers and faculty. These challenges are often amplified for students from marginalized backgrounds, who may also encounter microaggressions, underrepresentation, and
Alexis Ellis +9 more
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A number of recent cases in Australia have highlighted an emerging tension between religious freedom and anti-discrimination law, particularly in relation to sexual orientation and same-sex marriage.
Deagon, Alex
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