Human Rights and Civil Liberties in the 21st Century

2014 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Civil Liberties

scholarly journals The Future of European Values

Araucaria ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 15-25
Author(s):  
AC Grayling
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Civil Liberties ◽  
Electoral System ◽  
European Project ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
The Future ◽  
European Values

The EU’s values of transnational peace, cooperation, secularism, rationality, and protection of civil liberties and human rights are amongst the most valuable legacies of the Enlightenment. The European project has weathered several crises in the first third of the 21st century, including a change of political direction in the United Kingdom. Brexit is viewed as a consequence of the UK’s flawed electoral system, exposed as susceptible to hijacking by militant and disruptive minorities. The future of European values must be protected from politically unreliable systems such as the UK’s FPTP.

The Effects of Human Rights on Economic Growth, 1965 to 2010

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wade M. Cole
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Civil Liberties ◽  
Domestic Investment ◽  
Reverse Causality ◽  
Bodily Integrity ◽  
Explanatory Factors ◽  
Economic Growth Rates

A long-standing research question asks whether democracy promotes or inhibits development, but relatively few studies explore the developmental consequences of human rights. I analyze the effect of respect for bodily integrity rights and civil liberties on economic growth rates, measured as percentage changes in gross domestic product over pooled five-year intervals, for 138 countries between 1965 and 2010. Bodily integrity rights entail fundamental protections against torture, political imprisonment, extrajudicial killing, and disappearances. Civil liberties include the freedoms of speech, assembly, religion, and movement. The analyses make use of estimators designed to isolate causal directionality. I find that improvements in countries’ rated bodily integrity practices boost economic growth rates, even after accounting for other important explanatory factors and the possibility of reverse causality. Additional analyses suggest that this effect operates largely through increased domestic investment. Static levels in bodily integrity scores, conversely, have no effect on growth; neither do static levels of or dynamic changes in civil liberties.

scholarly journals Countering Ethnic Violence, Extremism, and Terrorism or Human Rights Violations: A Case Study of Central Asian Republics

2018 ◽  
Vol 02 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Adam Saud ◽  
Dr. Irfan Hussain Qaisrani
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Liberties ◽  
Ethnic Violence ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Human Rights Organizations ◽  
Regional Dynamics ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
The Social ◽  
Free Region

Central Asia has been declared as ‘not free’ region by most of the global human rights organizations. The region has been governed by the old socialist-minded leadership since its independence. This style does not give room for civil liberties and human rights. Furthermore, the region has been marked with extremism, terrorism and ethnic violence for a long period of time. The regimes are also supported by other ‘not free’ states especially Russia and China. Such kind of regional dynamics has encouraged the states to adopt oppressive policies in order to strengthen themselves. This research focuses; to understand the social and ethnic demography of the Central Asian region; to understand the hyper-presidential political systems of the region; to understand the violent and non-violent movements against the ‘system’, and to analyze the state policies towards human rights and civil liberties.

scholarly journals EXISTENCE OF LOCAL LEGAL PRODUCT NUANCED OF SHARI’AH IN INDONESIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rommy Patra
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Liberties ◽  
Local Autonomy ◽  
Reform Era ◽  
Legal Product

<p><em>The existence of local legal product  nuanced of shari'a in Indonesia is rampant  in the reform era. The establishment of  local legal product  that nuanced of shari'a is effort to formalize shari'ah  Islam in the life of the nation. But its existence has caused controversy because of have nature of sectarian and vulnerable to violation of human rights such as discriminatory and restrict civil liberties. Therefore, necessary  for the structuring of local legal product  that nuanced of shari'a, if necessary until to cancel it in order to improve the quality of implementation of local autonomy in Indonesia.</em></p>

scholarly journals The ancient Roman ius vitae ac necis (the right to life and death) and modern abuse of women (femicide)

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 693-708
Author(s):  
Nataša Deretić
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Male Sex ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
The Right ◽  
Abuse Of Women

This paper attempts to answer the question as to whether the right to "life and death" of a woman (ius vitae ac necis) at the hands of male family members or partners is indeed a timeless category. Is it possible that in Serbia of the 21st century there is still a struggle to promote the "right to life" of women to the level of "basic human rights"? What contributed to the fact that the concept of innate human dignity based on "human rights", which dates back from the feudal social order, has not as yet fully come to life in Serbia as far as women are concerned. What social circumstances contributed to the Roman ius vitae ac necis to outlive centuries and take root especially in Serbia, only under a different name - that of femicide? This notion has been defined as "gender based murder of women, girls, and babies of female sex by persons of the male sex". The murderers in cases of femicide include partners (ex / current, spouses or extramarital), family members or relatives: father, father-in-law, son, son-in-law, etc. Both expert and general public wander whether enforcing more stringent norms by authorities or acting towards changing the consciousness of the abusers or both at the same time, can contribute to eradicating this devastating phenomenon in the 21st century.

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