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Major UN Covenants and Declarations

Civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights - The human rights approach has compelled individuals, activists, governments, and multilateral organizations around the world and been worked…

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Human rights and the extractive industries

In this chapter, Deanna Kemp talks about human rights and key international frameworks on business and human rights, as well as the challenges associated with operationalizing the corporate…

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Contested Rights: The Right to Life

Discussion about abortion is often focused on when life begins, with those who are “pro-life” suggesting that life begins at conception, so that the fetus has the rights of a human being.…

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Regional Systems for Human Rights

The modern human rights story started in 1948 with the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and was continued in 1950 with the Council of Europe’s Convention of Human Rights and the…

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