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    Implacable adversaries: Arab governments and the internet

    The Initiative for an Open Arab Internet, 2007
    Arab governments have maintained a tradition of restricting freedom of expression using national security and religious morals as grounds for censorship, and the ‘war on terror’ has given them an excuse to further extend this. When it comes to the internet, restriction and censorship has taken the form of blocking websites and arresting bloggers.
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    Human rights translated: a business reference guide

    Global Compact Network, United Nations, 2008
    In 2008, the UN Human Rights Council produced a conceptual and policy framework to guide the business and human rights agenda. The framework rests on differentiated but complementary responsibilities, and comprises three core principles:
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    Workshop on measurement and human rights

    Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, 2006
    Drawing on a workshop that was held at Harvard in July of 2006, this booklet presents an introductory guide for practitioners who are interested in tackling the challenge of measurement in the field of human rights.
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    Rights-based monitoring and evaluation: a discussion paper

    Child Rights Information Network, 2003
    This paper proposes a rights-based approach to monitoring changes in human and children’s rights, accountability, participation and equity by measuring different dimensions of change: changes in people’s lives, in policies and practices, in equity, and in participation and empowerment.
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    Business, human rights and the right to water challenges, dilemmas and opportunities

    Institute for Human Rights and Business, 2009
    This report summarises a discussion of a group comprising businesses, international organisations, and civil society on issues pertaining to the right to water. The main issues discussed include:
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    Report of the expert legal panel on corporate complicity in international crimes

    Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, 2008
    The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) established an Expert Legal Panel on Corporate Complicity in International Crimes in 2006. The panel was mandated to develop the legal and public policy meaning of corporate complicity in the worst violations of international human rights and humanitarian law that amount to international crimes.
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    Human rights and human development

    The Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut, 2007
    Human rights is one of the key concepts, along with capabilities and functionings, entitlements, and fundamental freedom that Amartya Sen has used in defining the ultimate ends of development as expansion of capabilities and human freedom.
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    Millennium development goal 8: indicators for international human rights obligations?

    HuriLINK, 2006
    Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 8 is arguably a significant step in taking the idea of global solidarityand international responsibilities for development from a statement of principle to international policy. It commits the international community to strengthening partnership for poverty reduction, and defines benchmark targets and indicators of progress.
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    Human rights and national poverty reduction strategies: conceptual framework for human rights analysis of poverty reduction strategies and reviews of Guatemala, Liberia and Nepal

    The Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut, 2007
    This paper is a consolidated report of a study commissioned by the UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on developing a conceptual framework for integrating human rights into national strategies for poverty reduction and identifying operational priorities.
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    The legal and political implications of the securitisation of counter-terrorism measures across the Mediterranean

    EuroMesco, 2008
    The terrorist attacks in the USA, Madrid and London have had a major impact on the theoretical discourse on security. Terrorism is now considered to be one of the most serious global security threats to the European Union and is likely to be at the core of future developments in Europe’s security strategy.

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