#spirou4rights : a critical perspective on promoting human rights through comics

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-327
Author(s):  
Chris Reyns-Chikuma
2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 425-426
Author(s):  
Dr N. M. Sali Dr N. M. Sali ◽  

2001 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 167-171
Author(s):  
Mohammad Fadel

This work grew out of a series of lectures that were delivered over atwo-year period between 1996 and 1998 at the Centre of Islamic andMiddle Eastern Law (CIMEL) at the School of Oriental and AfricanStudies (SOAS), University of London, on the genera] subject of the rule oflaw in the Middle East and Islamic countries. Subsequently, materials wereadded dealing particularly with issues relating to human rights law. Thecontributors to this work are a combination of legal academics, human rights activists, lawyers and judges, who hale from various countries in theArab world, Iran, the United States, Great Britain and Germany.There are a total of fourteen separate chapters, of varying length andquality. The book is not lengthy - including notes and authors’ biographies,it is 180 pages long. The average length of each chapter is between ten andfifteen pages. Despite the diversity of countries surveyed, all the essays areconcerned with generic questions regarding the rule of law, whether in atheoretical sense, viz., whether the notion that legitimate governmentalaction is limited to those acts that are deemed lawful by a pre-existing setor rules, or in a practical sense, viz., assuming that the formal legal regimeof a given state recognizes the rule of law in a theoretical sense, whetherthe coercive apparatus of the state in fact recognizes legal limitations onits conduct.Perhaps the most interesting (it is certainly the most lengthy, at 35 pages),and most important, essay in this work is the very fiit one, authored byAdel Omar Sherif, an Egyptian judge, wherein the author provides a digestof the landmark decisions of the Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court.While the work can be criticized for taking on the appearance of a meresurvey of decisions, without taking a critical perspective to the Court’sprecedents, it is nonetheless a very valuable contribution for those lawyersand scholars who cannot read Arabic but nonetheless wish to gain insightinto Egypt’s legal culture. The modest task of relating the decisions ofEgypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court is especially important given thecliches regarding the absence of effective judicial institutions in the Arabworld. Sherifs contribution effectively dispels that myth. His article revealsthe Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court to be a vibrant institution thattakes its constitutional duties seriously, and discharges those duties withintegrity, and when it finds that the government has acted unlawfully, it willstrike down the offensive legislation, or rule against the government ...


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Ben Wagner

Abstract What kinds of politics do export controls entail and whose rights do they enable? The following article will take a critical perspective on the governance challenges associated with export controls of dual-use technologies. After discussing challenges around transparency, the performance of human rights and export control havens, this article will then turn to looking at policy solutions, including audits, transparency and targeted international governance mechanisms. With conclusion, export controls continue to constitute an important policy tool to promote human rights and can be improved considerably to strengthen human rights further.


2021 ◽  
pp. 096466392199969
Author(s):  
Mauro Cristeche ◽  
Cesar Villena

Oscar Correas has been one of the promoters and main references of the Crítica Jurídica movement in Latin America due to his theoretical contributions and his permanent activism to develop the movement. In this paper, we firstly review his vast academic and intellectual career, and then we go through and analyse some of Correas’s main contributions to the study of the law and the Marxist thought. Special focus will be given to: (a) his approach to Marx’s works and its extension to the analysis of modern law; (b) his understanding of Hans Kelsen’s theory; and (c) Correas’s critical contributions to the debate on human rights. We aim to highlight the originality and wit of Oscar Correas’s work, and its importance for the development of the legal critical studies and debates on legal and human rights challenges from a critical perspective.


2021 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-134
Author(s):  
Melanie Judge

With a focus on contemporary South Africa, and through the lens of queer identity and politics, the article critiques the limitations and possibilities for queerness and its futures in post-apartheid South Africa. From the advent of constitutional democracy and its ushering in of human rights, the article analyses developments in the politics of sexuality in the context of enduring systems of violence, rooted in colonial and apartheid histories. Discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people – at the intersection with other forms of discrimination – has emerged as a focal point for political resistances in the post-apartheid period. These resistances are interrogated, including the paradoxes of rights struggles that they expose, and the contradictions between formal equality gains and present queer realities that they call attention to. With an emphasis on enduring inequalities within post-apartheid society, and on the racialisation of violence against queerness, the article explores various political formations of and for queer freedom. In navigating these dynamics of inequality and difference, the article urges a radical politics – both for relating as equals, and against the violent ends of othering.


2005 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 577-601
Author(s):  
Steve On

AbstractThis essay makes an assessment of Jack Donnelly's model of overlapping consensus on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It raises key questions, such as: How to adjudicate competing rights; what is to become of "unreasonable" views; whence come reasonable views; and, beyond the obvious cases of slavery and genocide, how is the overlapping consensus obtained? While an alternative theory is not developed, a critical perspective is provided that might facilitate further inquiries.


2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Talita Santana Maciel ◽  
Tânia Suely Antonelli Marcelino Brabo

O presente artigo resulta de pesquisa científica que constatou e discutiu concepções de professores de educação infantil acerca da educação em direitos humanos – campo de estudos e subárea da educação reconhecida por meio de políticas públicas nacionais, documentos internacionais, e que representa a luta pela efetivação de uma cultura de direitos humanos. Como procedimentos metodológicos adotou-se a pesquisa de campo e a pesquisa bibliográfica, com foco em referencial teórico que concebe a educação em direitos humanos a partir de uma perspectiva histórico-crítica. A coleta de dados deu-se por meio de entrevista semiestruturada e questionário, e a técnica de análise de conteúdo norteou a análise dos dados. Os resultados da pesquisa indicaram que algumas das noções sobre a educação em direitos humanos que possuem os sujeitos entrevistados relacionam-se à justificativa moral dos direitos humanos; outras apontam para a dimensão da formação ética ou formação para a cidadania na acepção clássica; outras, ainda, referenciam uma concepção errônea de que direitos humanos não deveriam proteger a todos e todas, representando a expressão de uso popular de que direitos humanos são para humanos direitos. A partir dos resultados, foi possível concluir que os conhecimentos do professorado em relação à educação em direitos humanos são insuficientes e esse fato deve-se à formação docente que tiveram acesso.CONCEPTIONS ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION: a study with preschool teachersAbstractThis article is the result of scientific research that found and discussed the conceptions of preschool teachers about human rights education - a field of study and subarea of education recognized through national public policies, international documents, and representing the struggle for the realization of a culture of human rights. The methodological procedures were field research and bibliographic research, focusing on the theoretical framework that conceives human rights education from a historical-critical perspective. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and questionnaires, and the content analysis technique guided the data analysis. The research results indicated that some of the notions about human rights education that the subjects interviewed possess relate to the moral justification of human rights; others point to the dimension of ethical formation or citizenship formation in the classical view; still others refer to a misconception that human rights should not protect everyone, representing the popular expression that human rights are for correct humans. From the results, it was possible to conclude that the teachers' knowledge about human rights education is insufficient and this fact is due to the teacher education they had access to.Keywords: Education. Human rights. Teacher training.CONCEPCIONES SOBRE LA EDUCACIÓN EN DERECHOS HUMANOS: un estudio con profesores de educación infantilResumenEste artículo es el resultado de una investigación científica que encontró y discutió las concepciones de los professores de educación infantil sobre la educación en derechos humanos, un campo de estudio y subárea de educación reconocida a través de políticas públicas nacionales, documentos internacionales y que representa la lucha por la realización de una cultura de derechos humanos. Los procedimientos metodológicos adoptados fueron la investigación de campo y la investigación bibliográfica, centrándose en el marco teórico que concibe la educación en derechos humanos desde una perspectiva histórica-crítica. Los datos se recopilaron a través de entrevistas y cuestionarios semiestructurados, y la técnica de análisis de contenido guió el análisis de datos. Los resultados de la investigación indicaron que algunas de las nociones sobre la educación en derechos humanos que poseen los sujetos entrevistados se relacionan con la justificación moral de los derechos humanos; otros señalan la dimensión de la formación ética o la formación de ciudadanía en el sentido clásico; otros se refieren a una idea errónea de que los derechos humanos no deberían proteger a todos, lo que representa la expresión popular de que los derechos humanos son para humanos correctos. A partir de los resultados, fue posible concluir que el conocimiento de los docentes en relación con la educación en derechos humanos es insuficiente y este hecho se debe a la educación docente a la que tuvieron acceso.Palablas clave: Educación. Derechos humanos. Formación docente.  


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