Human Rights: New Dimensions and Challenges : Manual on Human Rights

, by Symonides, Janusz; UNESCO

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ISBN: 9781840144260 | 1840144262
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 5/1/1999

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Preface

About the Contributors

xiii

New Human Rights Dimensions, Obstacles and Challenges: Introductory Remarks

(46)

Janusz Symonides

The United Nations System and the Interdependence and Interrelation between Human Rights, Peace, Democracy and Development

(8)

Towards Further Consolidation of the Right to Development

(1)

UNESCO Initiatives Aimed at the Recognition of the Human Right to Peace

(3)

Obstacles and Threats to Human Rights

(7)

Extreme Poverty and Exclusion: a Violation of Human Dignity

(1)

Discrimination and Intolerance: Violation of Human Rights, Sources of Conflicts and Threats to Peace and Stability

(3)

Terrorism, Organized Crime and Corruption: Threats to Human Rights, Democracy and Peace

(3)

New Challenges of Science and Technology

(8)

Biotechnology and Human Rights

(1)

Genetic Engineering

(1)

Bioethics

(1)

The Human Genome

(1)

The Challenges of New Information and Communication Technology (ICT): the Information Highways

(2)

Universality of Human Rights versus Cultural Relativism

(4)

The Rejection of Cultural Relativism by the Vienna Conference

(3)

Globalization, Regionalism and Nationalism: Chances and Threats

(5)

Globalization

(3)

Regionalism

(1)

Nationalism

(2)

Through Human Rights Education and Public Information towards a Culture of Human Rights

(3)

Duty of States to Develop Human Rights Education

(1)

Human Rights Education and the Creation of a Universal Culture of Human Rights

(1)

Making Human Rights a Reality

(11)

PART I NEW DIMENSIONS

Human Rights and Peace

(24)

Vojin Dimitrijevic

Human Rights and Peace as Sets of Values

(2)

Values as Rights

(7)

The `Right to Human Rights'

(2)

The Collective Right to Peace

(2)

The Use of Individual Rights to Further Peace

(3)

Peace and Human Rights: Causal Links

(8)

Human Rights as a Precondition for Peace

(4)

Human Rights as a Component of Peace

(2)

Peace as a Precondition for Human Rights

(2)

Conclusions

(7)

Democracy and Human Rights: Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural

(28)

David Beetham

The Contribution of Economic and Social Rights to Democracy

(7)

Democracy as a Condition for Economic and Social Rights

(5)

Cultural Rights and Democracy

(6)

Conclusion: Democracy and Human Rights

(5)

The Development of the Right to Development

(18)

Upendra Baxi

The Adoption of the Declaration on the Right to Development

(1)

The Core Conceptions

100

(1)

Towards Participation and Responsibility

101

(2)

Popular Participation

103

(1)

SLAPPS: Corporate Governance and Public/Popular Participation

104

(2)

Removal of Obstacles to Development

106

(2)

Women and the Right to Development

108

(1)

Juridical Critique

108

(6)

Mode of Creation of New Human Rights

109

(1)

Are People's Rights Human Rights?

110

(2)

Neither a Legal nor a Moral Right Thou shalt be!

112

(2)

Conclusion: Avoidance of Non-proliferation

114

(3)

Human Rights and the Environment

117

(40)

Antonio Augusto Cancado Trindade

Introduction

117

(1)

The Growth of Human Rights Protection and of Environmental Protection: from Internationalization to Globalization

118

(8)

The Internationalization of Human Rights Protection and of Environmental Protection

118

(1)

The Globalization of Human Rights Protection and of Environmental Protection

119

(4)

The Globalization of Protection and erga omnes Obligations

123

(3)

Further Affinities in the Evolution of Human Rights Protection and of Environmental Protection

126

(3)

Protection of the Human Person and Environmental Protection: Mutual Concerns

126

(2)

Incidence of the Temporal Dimension in Environmental Protection and in Human Rights Protection

128

(1)

The Right to Life and the Right to Health on the Basis of the Ratio Legis of International Human Rights Law and Environmental Law

129

(6)

The Fundamental Right to Life in its Wide Dimension

129

(3)

The Right to Health as the First Step towards the Right to a Healthy Environment

132

(3)

The Question of the Implementation of the Right to a Healthy Environment

135

(7)

The Issue of Justiciability

135

(4)

The Absence of Restrictions in the Expansion of Human Rights Protection and Environmental Protection (and their Effects upon Each Other)

139

(1)

The Protection of the Right to a Healthy Environment in its Jurisprudential Beginnings

140

(2)

The Paramount Importance of the Right of Democratic Participation

142

(2)

Conclusions

144

(13)

PART II OBSTACLES

Human Rights and Extreme Poverty

157

(24)

Louis-Edmond Pettiti

Patrice Meyer-Bisch

Poverty Does Not Exist

157

(4)

Poverty as a Crime

157

(3)

The Downward Spiral of Insecurity

160

(1)

The Poorest of the Poor, Heralds of the Indivisibility of Human Rights

161

(2)

Objection on Grounds of Poverty

161

(1)

The Indivisibility of the Object of Rights

162

(1)

Introduction to International Texts

163

(5)

A General Inadequacy

163

(1)

Legal Obstacles: the Case of Europe

164

(4)

Copenhagen: a New Impetus

168

(2)

An Integrated Approach

168

(1)

The Issue of a Social Clause

169

(1)

Interdependence of the Approaches to Implementation

170

(4)

Basic Needs or Human Rights

170

(2)

Investment in Extreme Poverty

172

(1)

The Logic of Thresholds

172

(2)

Legislative Reform

174

(7)

The Purpose of Rights to be Introduced

174

(2)

Partnership between All Obligors

176

(5)

Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism

181

(18)

Rudiger Wolfrum

Introduction

181

(3)

Efforts Undertaken at the International Level to Combat Racial Discrimination and Xenophobia

184

(8)

Overview

184

(2)

The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

186

(6)

Conclusion

192

(7)

Human Rights and Tolerance

199

(20)

Claudio Zanghi

The Reawakening of Manifestations of Intolerance

199

(1)

Historical Development of the Concept of Tolerance

200

(5)

From the Classical World to the Age of Enlightenment

200

(2)

The Foundations of Religious Tolerance in the Writings of Seventeenth and Eighteenth-century Philosphers

202

(1)

Religious Tolerance and Political Tolerance

203

(1)

Reintroduction of Tolerance in the Twentieth Century

204

(1)

The Modern Meaning of the Notion of Tolerance

205

(4)

Elements for a Definition of Tolerance

205

(1)

Variability and Limits of Tolerance

206

(1)

Common Parameters of Tolerance

206

(3)

Tolerance in International Instruments

209

(4)

Tolerance in Instruments Adopted by the United Nations

209

(2)

Tolerance in Instruments Adopted by Regional Organizations

211

(1)

Tolerance in the Context of Non-discrimination, of the Protection of Minorities and of Immigrants

212

(1)

For a Culture of Tolerance and Respect for Human Rights

213

(6)

Terrorism and Human Rights

219

(24)

Colin Warbrick

Terrorism: Definition

219

(6)

Human Rights

225

(9)

Function

225

(1)

Application

226

(8)

Conclusion

234

(9)

PART III CHALLENGES

Human Rights and Scientific and Technological Progress

243

(22)

C.G. Weeramantry

Introduction

243

(1)

Problems in Domestic Law

244

(2)

Problems in International Law

246

(1)

Concerns of the Developing World

247

(1)

United Nations Responses

248

(3)

The Human Body

251

(2)

Human Society

253

(2)

The Human Environment

255

(1)

An Ethic for Scientists

256

(2)

Law School Curricula

258

(1)

Technology and Human Rights Education

259

(1)

Choice of Technology

259

(2)

Legislative Restructuring

261

(1)

A Scientific Ombudsman

262

(3)

Globalization and Human Rights

265

(16)

Virginia A. Leary

Introduction: Globalization

265

(2)

Competitiveness: Decline of Labour Unions

267

(1)

Human Rights at Issue

268

(6)

Workers' Rights and Globalization

268

(2)

Women Workers: Export Processing Zones

270

(3)

The Rights of Indigenous Peoples

273

(1)

The Challenge to Human Rights Non-governmental Organizations

274

(2)

Solutions

276

(5)

Education for Human Rights

281

(22)

Vitit Muntarbhorn

Introduction

281

(2)

Challenges

283

(3)

Universalization

283

(1)

Interconnection

284

(1)

Diversification

284

(1)

Specification

285

(1)

Overview

286

(10)

Formal Education

286

(7)

Non-formal Education

293

(3)

Conclusions and Recommendations

296

(7)

Index

303

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