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Beyond Acts and Omissions — Distinguishing Positive and Negative Duties at the European Court of Human Rights
The article examines methods of distinguishing positive and negative duties within the provisions of the European Convention of Human Rights as...
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The Evolution of Child Marriage as a Human Rights Concern
The elimination of child marriage is a goal that ranks high on the agendas of civil society organizations, national governments, and multilateral...
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Excursus I: Values and Human Rights
This chapter, “Values and Human Rights,” explores the complex interplay between human rights, values, and societal dynamics within the European...
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Human Rights Violations Committed Against Human Rights Defenders Through the Use of Legal System: A Trend in Europe and Beyond
Human rights defenders (HRDs) fight for various human rights and address concerns related to corruption, employment, the environment, and other...
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Liars, Skeptics, Cheerleaders: Human Rights Implications of Post-Truth Disinformation from State Officials and Politicians
The purpose of this paper is to philosophically examine how disinformation from state officials and politicians affects the right to access to...
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Neurorights – Do we Need New Human Rights? A Reconsideration of the Right to Freedom of Thought
Progress in neurotechnology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) provides unprecedented insights into the human brain. There are increasing possibilities...
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Academic Bullying and Human Rights: Is It Time to Take Them Seriously?
Notwithstanding universities’ many laudable aims, incidents of serious bullying, academic harassment and sexual harassment in academic settings are...
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Human Rights Penality and Violence Against Women: The Coloniality of Disembodied Justice
Despite the persistence of violence inside and around prisons, and the dubious adequacy of criminal law to respond to victim–survivors, international...
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Human Rights
Ideally, human rights exist independently of any state regime but, in truth, have little effect if not allocated on the basis of membership of at...
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Human Rights and Transitional Justice in the Maldives: Closing the Door, Once and For All?
In 2020, the Maldives instituted a transitional justice process to address decades of systematic human rights abuses including the widespread use of...
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Identifying a Human Rights Approach to Roma Health Vulnerabilities and Inequalities in Europe: From Concept to Action
Roma communities across Europe still remain a neglected population group by way of the social and economic disadvantage that largely characterizes...
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The Public Health Response to COVID-19 in Vietnam: Decentralization and Human Rights
Human rights constitute a universal concern in different countries’ responses to COVID-19. Vietnam is internationally praised for its success in...
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The Resurgence of Enforced Disappearances in the Aftermath of the July 15, 2016 Failed Coup Attempt in Turkey: A Systematic Analysis of Human Rights Violations
After the failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016, Turkey rapidly adjusted its national security strategies to align with the principles of a security...
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XII Ethics and Universal Human Rights
This chapter deals with the relationship of ethics to universal human rights. For a reason-oriented ethics, the freedom of the person and their...
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The Unrealized Potential of National Human Rights Institutions in Business and Human Rights Regulation: Conditions for Effective Engagement and Proposal for Reform
While National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) are widely regarded as particularly promising tools in the emerging transnational regime for the...
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Consensus, Difference and Sexuality: Que(e)rying the European Court of Human Rights’ Concept of‘ European Consensus’
This paper provides a queer critique of the European Court of Human Rights’ use of ‘European consensus’ as a method of interpretation in cases...
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Human Rights Law and the Obligation to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Human rights law has been called upon to help with the problem of persistently high greenhouse gas emissions. An obligation on states and other legal...
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The ‘Court of Public Opinion:’ Public Perceptions of Business Involvement in Human Rights Violations
Public pressure is essential for providing multinational enterprises (MNEs) with motivation to follow the standards of human rights conduct set in...
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Saving Human Lives and Rights: Recommendations for Protecting Human Rights When Adopting COVID-19 Vaccine Passports
The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused social and economic devastation. As the milestone of two years of ‘living with the virus’ approaches,...