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The phrase "Womens Rights are Human Rights" is far more than a catchy slogan. It is the... more The phrase "Womens Rights are Human Rights" is far more than a catchy slogan. It is the underlining thesis of this manual that violence against women is a human rights violation and is unacceptable. Human rights is a universal concept reflected in all cultures. The concept of human rights has been rearticulated and reformulated throughout the ages and is continually evolving to deal with all attacks on human dignity and self esteem no matter how these attacks are justified. It was the concept of human rights as expressed in terms of the right to self determination that formed the basis of the struggles for independence from colonial domination. It was the concept of human rights that challenged apartheid and racial discrimination. In a world where State sovereignty is jealously guarded human rights is the concept that has provided the basis for international law and it is the conscious attention to womens human rights that ensures that human rights cuts through the public/private debate. It is now generally accepted that a citizens relationship with the State should be governed by human rights and that the State is responsible for ensuring that its agents do not violate peoples human rights in the course of their duties. But that is not all. It is clear that the State has an equal obligation to monitor and prevent violations of human rights when they are perpetrated by non-state actors as well. Legal systems in most countries recognize that it is the duty of the State to enforce criminal law. Since the State clearly has a duty to enforce this law there should be no debate about whether violence against women is a criminal offence and therefore within the jurisdiction of the State to intervene. Violence against women is always a crime but some legal systems either fail to recognize this or fail to adequately deal with it. Such failures are violations of womens human rights. (excerpt)
Routledge eBooks, Jan 28, 2015
... Ma Zhong, Thomas McGuire, Clark Miller, Nalini Narayan, Indira Nair, RK Pachauri, Talbot Page... more ... Ma Zhong, Thomas McGuire, Clark Miller, Nalini Narayan, Indira Nair, RK Pachauri, Talbot Page, Pan Wei, Chandrika Parmar, Kavita Philip ... I am indebted to Katie Mastriani, Rachel Locke, and Vivian Bertrand and interns Deborah Matzner, Karen McGuire, and Josh Seidenfeld ...
Ethics & International Affairs, Dec 1, 2005
... Government and the Making of Subjects by Arun Agrawal Associate Professor Department of Polit... more ... Government and the Making of Subjects by Arun Agrawal Associate Professor Department of Political Science Yale University Post Box 208301 New Haven CT 06520 arun.agrawal@yale. edu Page 3. Environmentality: Technologies of Government and the Making of Subjects ...
Cambridge University Press eBooks, Apr 18, 2011
Where corporate actors are behind human rights abuse, how do we hold them accountable? How can vi... more Where corporate actors are behind human rights abuse, how do we hold them accountable? How can victims access remedy, and what means do we have to deter corporate crime? This dynamic conversation will explore the potential emergent strategies in the field of human rights that aim to address the shortfalls of past efforts, and consider the many challenges that remain.
Enterprise and Society, Jan 20, 2015
Social Science Research Network, 2015
The business and human rights (BHR) movement shares several goals with the Benefit Corporation (B... more The business and human rights (BHR) movement shares several goals with the Benefit Corporation (B Corp) movement: corporations respecting human rights; maintaining a "wide aperture" so that all impacts of a company on people and communities are addressed; and creating rigorous standards of conduct and means of accountability. This paper argues that nonetheless the movements are traveling along parallel tracks and thus missing an opportunity for mutual learning that can improve their effectiveness. The BHR movement can look to B Corps for concrete examples of viable companies that value human rights intrinsically and not just where there is a "business case" to do so. The B Impact Assessment, the B Corp certification tool, can better ensure that B Corps are in fact respecting human rights by adopting BHR standards. And both movements must give greater consideration to the potential contradiction between unlimited scalinga key goal of B Corpsand the ability of large multinational corporations to respect human rights. .
... Ma Zhong, Thomas McGuire, Clark Miller, Nalini Narayan, Indira Nair, RK Pachauri, Talbot Page... more ... Ma Zhong, Thomas McGuire, Clark Miller, Nalini Narayan, Indira Nair, RK Pachauri, Talbot Page, Pan Wei, Chandrika Parmar, Kavita Philip ... I am indebted to Katie Mastriani, Rachel Locke, and Vivian Bertrand and interns Deborah Matzner, Karen McGuire, and Josh Seidenfeld ...
The B Corp movement has pushed a powerful model of socially responsible business that has the pot... more The B Corp movement has pushed a powerful model of socially responsible business that has the potential to advance human rights. But it has so far failed to engage human rights advocates—to its detriment.
Business and Human Rights Journal, 2017
Since the 1990s, the subject of business and human rights has evolved from an academic critique o... more Since the 1990s, the subject of business and human rights has evolved from an academic critique of ‘corporate social responsibility’ as an approach to understanding business’s social impacts, to a movement and a field of study, marked by the launch of this journal in 2015. As the field grows, so too does the demand for professionals with a sophisticated understanding of the factors that lead corporations to ‘exploit workers and communities for profit’ and the steps that corporations, governments and civil society need to take to halt and reverse that trend, and to remedy abuses when they occur. The need to equip professionals with the skills to analyse and address complex business and human rights challenges is steadily gaining recognition at universities across the globe. This is evident from the proliferation of business and human rights courses in professional schools of business, law and public policy. As one measure, the membership of the Teaching Business and Human Rights Forum, an international collaboration of professors teaching the subject, has grown to over 275 professors teaching at 170 institutions in 33 countries on five continents. Preparing future business and human rights professionals entails exposing students to the issues, standards and practices of the field, and then teaching how to apply them. At the Teaching Forum’s workshops held annually since 2011, professors share and debate
Where corporate actors are behind human rights abuse, how do we hold them accountable? How can vi... more Where corporate actors are behind human rights abuse, how do we hold them accountable? How can victims access remedy, and what means do we have to deter corporate crime? This dynamic conversation will explore the potential emergent strategies in the field of human rights that aim to address the shortfalls of past efforts, and consider the many challenges that remain.
include genocide, translational civil society, civil society and the media, refugees, women, powe... more include genocide, translational civil society, civil society and the media, refugees, women, power, and human rights education. These essays’ authors represent some of the most thoughtful and persuasive voices in the field of human rights, and in this volume they do not disappoint. Richard Falk, for example, draws our attention to two contemporary developments responsible for acute human suffering today: genocidal politics and economic globalization. Rejecting conventional cynicism about compassionate politics, he points us in a number of promising directions toward cosmopolitan democracy. Perhaps “the best hope for the future, ” he says, will arise from the “formation of new coalitions between grass-roots initiatives and selected governmental authorities” responding to the negative impacts of “globalization from above” (p. 181 ). Mary Kaldor’s argument for the capacity of translational social movements to civilize state institutions supports Falk’s desire to reorient the character ...
uman rights are undeniably a central dimension of international affairs today. To an unprecedente... more uman rights are undeniably a central dimension of international affairs today. To an unprecedented degree, government and corporate policy as well as social and political activism are being conducted in their name. Ironically, at the same time, human rights activism is failing to resonate with, or even reach, communities where it could make an important difference. Despite the dedicated and fruitful efforts of human rights professionals around the world, many social justice advocates in local communities either have never known the promise of human rights or have become disillusioned about it. Often, the human rights movement is stigmatized; people view it as a “top down” process, imposed by international lawyers and human rights professionals who are out of touch with local realities. The purpose of the human rights regime is to promote and protect vital human interests. But this purpose cannot be realized if the work of human rights practiced by the international community continu...
The phrase "Womens Rights are Human Rights" is far more than a catchy slogan. It is the... more The phrase "Womens Rights are Human Rights" is far more than a catchy slogan. It is the underlining thesis of this manual that violence against women is a human rights violation and is unacceptable. Human rights is a universal concept reflected in all cultures. The concept of human rights has been rearticulated and reformulated throughout the ages and is continually evolving to deal with all attacks on human dignity and self esteem no matter how these attacks are justified. It was the concept of human rights as expressed in terms of the right to self determination that formed the basis of the struggles for independence from colonial domination. It was the concept of human rights that challenged apartheid and racial discrimination. In a world where State sovereignty is jealously guarded human rights is the concept that has provided the basis for international law and it is the conscious attention to womens human rights that ensures that human rights cuts through the public/private debate. It is now generally accepted that a citizens relationship with the State should be governed by human rights and that the State is responsible for ensuring that its agents do not violate peoples human rights in the course of their duties. But that is not all. It is clear that the State has an equal obligation to monitor and prevent violations of human rights when they are perpetrated by non-state actors as well. Legal systems in most countries recognize that it is the duty of the State to enforce criminal law. Since the State clearly has a duty to enforce this law there should be no debate about whether violence against women is a criminal offence and therefore within the jurisdiction of the State to intervene. Violence against women is always a crime but some legal systems either fail to recognize this or fail to adequately deal with it. Such failures are violations of womens human rights. (excerpt)
Routledge eBooks, Jan 28, 2015
... Ma Zhong, Thomas McGuire, Clark Miller, Nalini Narayan, Indira Nair, RK Pachauri, Talbot Page... more ... Ma Zhong, Thomas McGuire, Clark Miller, Nalini Narayan, Indira Nair, RK Pachauri, Talbot Page, Pan Wei, Chandrika Parmar, Kavita Philip ... I am indebted to Katie Mastriani, Rachel Locke, and Vivian Bertrand and interns Deborah Matzner, Karen McGuire, and Josh Seidenfeld ...
Ethics & International Affairs, Dec 1, 2005
... Government and the Making of Subjects by Arun Agrawal Associate Professor Department of Polit... more ... Government and the Making of Subjects by Arun Agrawal Associate Professor Department of Political Science Yale University Post Box 208301 New Haven CT 06520 arun.agrawal@yale. edu Page 3. Environmentality: Technologies of Government and the Making of Subjects ...
Cambridge University Press eBooks, Apr 18, 2011
Where corporate actors are behind human rights abuse, how do we hold them accountable? How can vi... more Where corporate actors are behind human rights abuse, how do we hold them accountable? How can victims access remedy, and what means do we have to deter corporate crime? This dynamic conversation will explore the potential emergent strategies in the field of human rights that aim to address the shortfalls of past efforts, and consider the many challenges that remain.
Enterprise and Society, Jan 20, 2015
Social Science Research Network, 2015
The business and human rights (BHR) movement shares several goals with the Benefit Corporation (B... more The business and human rights (BHR) movement shares several goals with the Benefit Corporation (B Corp) movement: corporations respecting human rights; maintaining a "wide aperture" so that all impacts of a company on people and communities are addressed; and creating rigorous standards of conduct and means of accountability. This paper argues that nonetheless the movements are traveling along parallel tracks and thus missing an opportunity for mutual learning that can improve their effectiveness. The BHR movement can look to B Corps for concrete examples of viable companies that value human rights intrinsically and not just where there is a "business case" to do so. The B Impact Assessment, the B Corp certification tool, can better ensure that B Corps are in fact respecting human rights by adopting BHR standards. And both movements must give greater consideration to the potential contradiction between unlimited scalinga key goal of B Corpsand the ability of large multinational corporations to respect human rights. .
... Ma Zhong, Thomas McGuire, Clark Miller, Nalini Narayan, Indira Nair, RK Pachauri, Talbot Page... more ... Ma Zhong, Thomas McGuire, Clark Miller, Nalini Narayan, Indira Nair, RK Pachauri, Talbot Page, Pan Wei, Chandrika Parmar, Kavita Philip ... I am indebted to Katie Mastriani, Rachel Locke, and Vivian Bertrand and interns Deborah Matzner, Karen McGuire, and Josh Seidenfeld ...
The B Corp movement has pushed a powerful model of socially responsible business that has the pot... more The B Corp movement has pushed a powerful model of socially responsible business that has the potential to advance human rights. But it has so far failed to engage human rights advocates—to its detriment.
Business and Human Rights Journal, 2017
Since the 1990s, the subject of business and human rights has evolved from an academic critique o... more Since the 1990s, the subject of business and human rights has evolved from an academic critique of ‘corporate social responsibility’ as an approach to understanding business’s social impacts, to a movement and a field of study, marked by the launch of this journal in 2015. As the field grows, so too does the demand for professionals with a sophisticated understanding of the factors that lead corporations to ‘exploit workers and communities for profit’ and the steps that corporations, governments and civil society need to take to halt and reverse that trend, and to remedy abuses when they occur. The need to equip professionals with the skills to analyse and address complex business and human rights challenges is steadily gaining recognition at universities across the globe. This is evident from the proliferation of business and human rights courses in professional schools of business, law and public policy. As one measure, the membership of the Teaching Business and Human Rights Forum, an international collaboration of professors teaching the subject, has grown to over 275 professors teaching at 170 institutions in 33 countries on five continents. Preparing future business and human rights professionals entails exposing students to the issues, standards and practices of the field, and then teaching how to apply them. At the Teaching Forum’s workshops held annually since 2011, professors share and debate
Where corporate actors are behind human rights abuse, how do we hold them accountable? How can vi... more Where corporate actors are behind human rights abuse, how do we hold them accountable? How can victims access remedy, and what means do we have to deter corporate crime? This dynamic conversation will explore the potential emergent strategies in the field of human rights that aim to address the shortfalls of past efforts, and consider the many challenges that remain.
include genocide, translational civil society, civil society and the media, refugees, women, powe... more include genocide, translational civil society, civil society and the media, refugees, women, power, and human rights education. These essays’ authors represent some of the most thoughtful and persuasive voices in the field of human rights, and in this volume they do not disappoint. Richard Falk, for example, draws our attention to two contemporary developments responsible for acute human suffering today: genocidal politics and economic globalization. Rejecting conventional cynicism about compassionate politics, he points us in a number of promising directions toward cosmopolitan democracy. Perhaps “the best hope for the future, ” he says, will arise from the “formation of new coalitions between grass-roots initiatives and selected governmental authorities” responding to the negative impacts of “globalization from above” (p. 181 ). Mary Kaldor’s argument for the capacity of translational social movements to civilize state institutions supports Falk’s desire to reorient the character ...
uman rights are undeniably a central dimension of international affairs today. To an unprecedente... more uman rights are undeniably a central dimension of international affairs today. To an unprecedented degree, government and corporate policy as well as social and political activism are being conducted in their name. Ironically, at the same time, human rights activism is failing to resonate with, or even reach, communities where it could make an important difference. Despite the dedicated and fruitful efforts of human rights professionals around the world, many social justice advocates in local communities either have never known the promise of human rights or have become disillusioned about it. Often, the human rights movement is stigmatized; people view it as a “top down” process, imposed by international lawyers and human rights professionals who are out of touch with local realities. The purpose of the human rights regime is to promote and protect vital human interests. But this purpose cannot be realized if the work of human rights practiced by the international community continu...