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Tag Archives: human rights
Jan 7 2013
The time is right for Ireland to reform its laws on abortion.
Leave a commentIn 2010, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Ireland’s implementation of abortion laws had violated the rights of a woman who was forced to travel abroad to terminate her pregnancy. Liz Wicks outlines the legal position, noting that … Continue reading
Posted by: January 7, 2013
Tagged with: abortion, European Court of Human Rights, human rights, Ireland
Oct 28 2012
Book Review: Human rights needs to be recognised as more than a buzz phrase, it is grounded in our everyday experiences
1 CommentActivating Human Rights and Peace is an enlightening collection of well thought through cases aimed at academics and students of human rights, political science, law and justice, peace and conflict studies and sociology. It argues that we need to appreciate that … Continue reading
Posted by: October 28, 2012
Tagged with: book review, human rights
Sep 9 2012
Book Review: A New Generation Draws the Line: Humanitarian Intervention and the “Responsibility to Protect”
Leave a commentHow do we understand the ethics of humanitarian intervention in today’s world? After Western intervention in the conflict associated with the Arab Spring, this new edition of Noam Chomsky‘s A New Generation Draws the Line aims to provide timely answers. Imani Perry finds … Continue reading
Posted by: September 9, 2012
Tagged with: development, human rights, humanitarian aid, Kosovo, NATO, peace, R2P, UN
Aug 24 2012
Brussels blog round up for 18 – 24 August: Hollande’s ‘austerity for the rich’, barriers to movement for same-sex couples, and is Europe lacking ideas?
Leave a commentChris Gilson and Stuart A Brown take a look at the week in Brussels blogging. The EU Centre The European Commission is currently running a public consultation on EU citizenship. Writing in relation to problems EU citizens may have travelling within the EU, … Continue reading
Posted by: August 24, 2012
Tagged with: crisis, Euro, Greece, human rights, Romania, Russia, UK
Jul 30 2012
The trial of Ratko Mladic at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia shows once again that it is possible to have justice without reconciliation.
Leave a commentIn May, the main hearings of the trial of the accused war criminal, Ratko Mladic, began in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague. Denisa Kostovicova argues that the narrow perpetrator-centred approach of the ICTY … Continue reading
Posted by: July 30, 2012
Tagged with: Bosnia and Herzegovina, former Yugoslavia, human rights, Kosovo, Serbia, The Hague, UN, war
Jul 25 2012
The EU’s new human rights strategy is a step in the right direction, but whether or not it will be implemented and enforced successfully remains to be seen.
1 CommentAt the end of June, the EU launched its new Strategic Framework and Action Plan on human rights, and announced a new special representative for human rights. Sionaidh Douglas-Scott argues that while the EU’s new strategy is strong in its … Continue reading
Posted by: July 25, 2012
Tagged with: Catherine Ashton, democracy, EEAS, eu, EUSR, human rights
