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    Water as a human right for the Middle East and North Africa

    International Development Research Centre, 2008
    In 1992, a United Nations declaration proclaimed water as a human right. However, the water profession and the vast majority of governments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have not paid much attention.
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    A mandate to mainstream: promoting gender equality in Afghanistan

    Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2009
    Gender mainstreaming is an example of policy transferred across different national contexts and has been added to the mix of international prescriptions for rebuilding the Afghan state. This study explores the ways that mainstreaming is being implemented in Afghanistan. It examines whether it could be useful or effective as one of various means to further gender equality.
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    Local level journalism and democracy indicators in Latin America

    Centro para la Apertura y el Desarollo de América Latina / Centre for the Opening and Development of Latin America, 2008
    Use of the internet is growing as a tool for the defense of freedom of the press. Nowhere is this more the case than in Latin America, which has seen a relaxation of media restrictions in recent years. This is not, however, the case throughout the entire region, as this map details.
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    Protecting the rights of minorities in Africa: a guide for human rights activists and civil society organisations

    Minority Rights Group International, 2008
    The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the subsequent African human rights treaties do not consider minorities as a legal category recognised in African human rights law. This guide outlines regional opportunities for minority rights protection in Africa, highlighting the legal as well as the institutional framework that is in place.
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    The nature of sanctions: the case of Morocco's equity and reconciliation commissions

    International Committee of the Red Cross, 2008
    Can transitional justice be effective without sanctions for the perpetrators of massive human rights violations? This paper looks at the arguments for and against the use of sanctions during periods of transitional justice, with a focus on Morocco’s Equity and Reconciliation Commission (2004-06).
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    Liberia is not just a man thing: transitional justice lessons for women, peace and security

    International Center for Transitional Justice, 2008
    The experiences of Liberian women have much to teach the world about women’s role in peacebuilding. Not only were women strategic in influencing Liberia’s 2003 Comprehensive Peace Agreement, but Liberia also boasts the first elected woman head of state on the African continent.
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    How can we uphold the right to science?

    SciDev.Net – the Science and Development Network, 2008
    As the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is marked, this article calls for all scientists to uphold the right to science. It is argues that this right, which is no less vital to the human condition and no less achievable than other human rights, has been neglected.
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    Trade-related issues for possible inclusion in the Human Rights Treaty monitoring process

    threeD, 2008
    The questions and comments included in this document are the result of internet based research posed by the United Nations (UN) Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to States parties. The document contains 10 articles related to basic human rights.
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    Applying a rights-based approach : an inspirational guide for civil society

    The Danish Institute for Human Rights, 2007
    Rights-based development starts from the ethical position that all people are entitled to a certain standard in terms of material and spiritual wellbeing. It takes the side of people who suffer injustice by acknowledging their equal worth and dignity; it removes the charity dimension of development by emphasising rights and responsibilities.
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    Crimes of war: educator's guide

    Human Rights Education Associates, 2007
    Despite the advanced state of development of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, the world continues to witness heinous crimes of war. The development of these schools of legal thought has required a high level of international cooperation as evidenced by the formation of the International Criminal Court, ad hoc tribunals, and hybrid tribunals.

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