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Regulation &Governance, Volume 18, Issue 4, Page 1284-1308, October 2024.Many studies show that supranational governance structures (SGS)—understood as international organizations or international treaties—contribute to the global diffusion of public policies. However, we still have a limited understanding of which properties of SGS hasten the number of policy adoptions.
Juan J. Fernández, Pilar Sánchez
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Reclaiming the Right to Food as a Normative Response to the Global Food Crisis [PDF]
, 2010 In 2009, the number of hungry in the world crossed the one billion mark, a dubious milestone that has been attributed in large part to consecutive food and economic crises.
Narula, Smita
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World Medical &Health Policy, Volume 16, Issue 3, Page 260-272, September 2024.Abstract With the next pandemic likely not far off, the debate over the suitability of a broad, general vaccination mandate (GVM) goes on. This essay proposes a novel argument in favor of GVM—one based on the reality that left to its own devices, executive power, from governments to the local administration and even corporations, tends anyway to impose
Ciprian N. Radavoi
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Groningen Journal of International Law, 2015 The principle of non-discrimination in Article 2 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) holds that its rights are equally applicable to ‘everyone’.
Veronika Flegar
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Developing World Bioethics, Volume 24, Issue 3, Page 139-150, September 2024.Abstract Biobanks’ activity is based not only on securing the technology of collecting and storing human biospecimen, but also on preparing formal documentation that will enable its safe use for scientific research. In that context, the issue of informed consent, the reporting of incidental findings and the use of Transfer Agreements remain a vast ...
Olga Tzortzatou‐Nanopoulou +10 more
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“Justiciability of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights”
Academicus International Scientific Journal, 2014 Human Rights are natural rights that nature has given to all human beings and are inseparable, undividable and inalienable from human beings. They are vital, necessary and indispensable to a modern society, which without them would be unable to function ...
Jordan Daci
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Journal of Legal Studies, 2020 The right to self-determination is one of the human rights enshrined under the Ethiopian constitution. It is also one of the rights mentioned under ICCPR and ICESCR as well as the constitutions of different countries.
Shambel Teshale
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World Bank policies and the obligation of its members to respect, protect and fulfil the right to health [PDF]
, 2004 The majority of World Bank donors are States parties to the main inter-national human rights conventions. This article uses the right to health as a lens for examining the obligations of donor States parties with re-spect to their involvement in the ...
Hammonds, Rachel, Ooms, Gorik
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David versus Goliath? Indigenous people, carbon majors and climate litigation in South Africa
Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 326-335, July 2024.Abstract In two recent South African cases, Indigenous communities successfully challenged proposed fossil fuel exploration activities by the Shell petroleum company off South Africa's pristine West Coast. In contrast to earlier climate litigation cases in South Africa, the litigants relied specifically on their Indigenous rights and knowledge. In this
Louise du Toit +2 more
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Does ratification of human-rights treaties have effects on population health? [PDF]
, 2009 Human-rights treaties indicate a country's commitment to human rights. Here, we assess whether ratification of human-rights treaties is associated with improved health and social indicators. Data for health (including HIV prevalence, and maternal, infant,
Fernandes, Kimberly A +10 more
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