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    Use, misuse and abuse of human rights rhetoric: the case of Serbia

    Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London, 2006
    National application of human rights law is one of the most important tests of its efficacy. This article examines the integration of international human rights law into Serbia’s legal system. The paper argues that the use of human rights language does not necessarily indicate the proper and correct use of human rights norms The paper covers the following:
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    Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR)

    The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) is a human rights focused non-governmental organisation based in Malawi. It was founded in February 1995.
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    Trouble in paradise: tourism and indigenous land rights - together towards ethical solutions

    Minority Rights Group International, 2007
    Ecotourism has been heralded as a means to promote economic development while protecting wildlife regions.
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    Social protection in the Arab region: the challenging concept and the hard reality

    Social Watch, 2007
    According to current trends, future prospects in the Arab region appear to point towards less protection and further marginalisation of the unemployed, the abject poor, and workers in the informal sector. Such negative projections stem from the persistence of existing budgetary constraints on social security systems and inefficient public expenditure.
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    ACCESS: victims' rights before the International Criminal Court

    Redress Trust, 2007
    ACCESS, the victims' rights bulletin, provides updated information on issues that concern victims' protection and legal rights before the International Criminal Court (ICC). Issue 9 of the bulletin covers the following topics:
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    Malawi: justice sector and the rule of law

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2006
    The 1994 democratic Constitution that represented Malawi’s decisive break with Banda’s dictatorial regime ushered in a new set of human rights and democratic standards, aspirations and values. This included a commitment to ensure that Malawi complied with African and international norms and standards on human rights, the rule of law and democratic governance.
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    From exclusion to equality: realising the rights of persons with disabilities - handbook for parliamentarians on the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities and its optional protocol

    UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2007
    Over 650 million persons around the world live with disabilities and in almost every region in the world, persons with disabilities often live on the margins of society. An estimated 20 percent of the world’s poorest persons are those with disabilities.
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    No room to breathe: state repression of human rights activism in Syria

    Human Rights Watch, 2007
    In principle, Syria’s constitution enshrines many basic rights including freedom of speech and freedom of assembly. In reality, however, the Syrian authorities have used the declaration of a continuing state of emergency and its accompanying restrictive legislation to suppress the activities of non-governmental associations and human rights groups.
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    Women focus on power relations not ‘rights’ in Nicaragua

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Rights-based approaches to development are increasingly popular amongst United Nations agencies, the UK Department for International Development and many non-government organisations (NGOs). But ‘rights’ focus alone cannot challenge unequal power relations.
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    ‘Culture’ still impedes women’s rights across Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Every African state has signed at least one international treaty providing for the human rights of women. But women often experience discrimination because of their sex. Practices such as genital mutilation, forced marriage and polygamy, along with the inability to access property and education prevent them from enjoying their rights.

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