The universal declaration of human rights in the 21st century : a living document in a changing world /: a living document in a changing world. (©2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Universal declaration of human rights in the twenty-first century
• Further Information: Note: A report by the Global Citizenship Commission ; edited by Gordon Brown.
• Editors: Brown, Gordon, 1951-
• Other Names: Global Citizenship Commission.; Open Book Publishers.
• Contents: Glossary -- Introduction by Gordon Brown -- Preface by Paul Boghossian -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Preamble -- 1. The Long and Influential Life of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 1.1. History of the UDHR ; 1.2. Affirming and protecting the UDHR ; 1.3. The changing context ; 1.4. The enduring relevance of the UDHR ; 1.5. Legal status ; 1.6; Foundational principles ; 1.7. Universality ; 1.8. Interconnectivity of rights -- 2. The Evolving Understanding of Rights. 2.1. Rights of members of specific groups ; a. The rights of women ; b. The rights of children ; c. The rights of the disabled, including the profoundly disabled ; d. Rights related to sexual orientation ; e. The rights of prisoners -- 2.2. Rights of groups as such ; a. The right to national self-determination, including regional autonomy and subsidiarity ; b. The rights of indigenous peoples ; c. Ethnic cleansing ; d. The rights of peoples prejudiced at the national or communal level by climate change ; 2.3. Rights related to other issues involving vital interests ; a. Migration ; b. Statelessness ; c. Administrative justice ; d. Corruption ; e. Privacy from state or corporate electronic surveillance ; f. Access to the Internet and electronic communication on a global scale ; g. Extreme poverty and deep economic inequality ; h. Healthcare ; i. A safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment ; 2.4. An open task -- 3. Limitations and Derogations ; 3.1. Adequacy of Article 29 account of limitations ; 3.2. Derogation of rights in national or international emergencies ; 3.3. Regulation of the use of force ; 4. Social and Economic Rights ; 4.1. The importance of social and economic rights ; 4.2. Relation to availability of resources ; 4.3; Responsibilities for social and economic rights ; 4.4; Poverty reduction and other human rights -- 5. Responsibility for Human Rights ; 5.1. The special role of states ; 5.2. Other entities ; a. Sub-national governments ; b. International institutions ; c. Corporations ; d. Private persons ; 5.3. Responsibilities of rights-bearers ; 5.4. No closed model of responsibility -- 6. Implementation of Human Rights ; 6.1. Introduction ; 6.2. State of play on representative rights ; a. Anti-slavery (Article 4) ; b. Anti-torture (Article 5) ; c. Free expression (Article 19) and free association (Article 20) ; d. Education (Article 26) ; e. Summary ; 6.3. Suggestions on implementation a. Recommendations for strengthening the UN system on human rights implementation ; i. Implement the recommendations of UN human rights mechanisms ; ii. Enhance the OHCHR's field presence ; iii. Raise human rights concerns for consideration by the UN Security Council ; iv. Limit the UN Security Council veto in the case of mass atrocities ; v. Harness technology to enhance human rights accountability ; b. National and regional legal systems ; c. NGOs ; d. Human rights education ; i. The UDHR and human rights education for all ; ii. The UDHR and human rights education since ; iii. Transformative human rights education ; iv. Advancing transformative human rights education ; 6.4. Sovereignty ; a. General (human rights as limits on sovereignty) ; b. Sanctions, denunciations, and other measures ; c. Responsibility to Protect -- 7. Human Rights and a Global Ethic -- Appendix A: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Appendix B: Members of the Commission -- Appendix C: Members of the Philosophers' Committee -- Online Appendices. Appendix D: Human Rights Education -- Appendix E: Human Rights Implementation.
• Publisher Details: Cambridge : Open Book Publishers
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 130 pages)
• Subjects: 323; Human rights; Human rights; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783742202; 1783742208; 9781783742219; 1783742216; 9781783742226; 1783742224
• Related ISBNs: 9781783742196; 9781783742189
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed June 11, 2016).
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