The history of post-war Sri Lanka has seen an escalation nationalisms that constantly collide. Post-2009, with the end war, reproduction narratives around become intense, home-grown protests for accountability minority injustices continuing to sustain its fervour over time. Within context Switzerland these events in are invariably aligned diasporic engagement. Dominant spaces such as United Nat...

while it is important to support the development of methods for public participation, we argue that this should not be at the expense of a broader consideration of the role of public participation. we suggest that a rights based approach provides a framework for developing more meaningful approaches that move beyond public participation as synonymous with consultation to value the contribution ...

While the historiography on religious Cold War has tended to focus Christian anticommunism, World Council of Churches (WCC) sought transcend while simultaneously advancing freedom in Soviet Union. This article connects WCC's ecclesiastical diplomacy wider story human rights, from which religion too often been excluded. The quest for fellowship led it integrate Russian Orthodox Church into its m...

Abstract In the European context, an understanding that States are responsible for effective child protection system is well established. Further, all 47 members of CoE have adopted Convention Protection Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, countries ratified UN on Child (CRC). Thus, come to understand their responsibility in terms child’s right protection. The aim this article explicate core...

This article analyzes the resort to the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) by human rights advocates and business actors. In doing so, this article considers how the EACJ fits Alter, Helfer, and Madsen’s concept of the authority of an international court (IC). According to Alter and her co-authors, an IC has authority when two conditions are met. First, when a legally binding ruling issued by...

Human rights are the basic standards that people need to live in dignity. In addition to the rights that are available to all people, there are rights that apply only to children. Children need special rights because of their unique needs; they need additional protection that adults don’t. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international document that sets out all of...

the human dignity of patients with cardiovascular disease (cvd) is an important issue, because of patients’ dependence upon caregivers, and because it impacts all aspects of their quality of life (qol). therefore, understanding and improving the status of dignity among these patients is of great importance. this study aimed to determine the status of dignity in patients with cvd admitted to car...

With the creation of Human Rights Council Universal Period Review, its Working Group established in accordance with Resolution 5/1 18th June, 2007 held fourth session from 2nd to 13th February, 2009 review human rights record countries including Nigeria.2 In preparation for review, Government Federal Republic Nigeria had constituted a broad-based UPR National Consultative Committee tasked respo...