Economic inequality and human rights impact assessments of economic reforms

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (9) ◽  
pp. 1311-1332
Author(s):  
Gillian MacNaughton
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Economic Reforms

Moral Philosophy of Global Peace

1998 ◽  
pp. 86-92
Author(s):  
Chhaya Rai
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Global Ethics ◽  
Religious Intolerance ◽  
Summum Bonum ◽  
Global Peace

Global Peace is the summum bonum, so we must know its negative as well as positive meanings. Simultaneously peace must be understood in all its interrelated but theoretically differentiated dimensions as personal, social, national, international and global. Today, humankind is suffering from multidimensional crises such as terrorism, population-explosion, denial of human rights, economic inequality, racial discrimination, ideological extremism, religious intolerance, social injustice, ecological imbalance, consumerism, oppression of weak, etc. These peace-related issues compel us to lay down the fundamental principles of a radical global ethics that expects us to realize our roles and duties regarding global peace. It includes the role and ideals of educationalists, the duties of scientists, philosophers, and thinkers, the inculcation of human values such as nonviolence, love, etc.

Liability for Administrative Offences: Standards of European Court of Human Rights and the Current State of the Legislation on Administrative Offences in Russia

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 307
Author(s):  
Olga E. SHISHKINA ◽  
Olga V. HABIBULINA ◽  
Aleksandr F. REKHOVSKIY
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Economic Reforms ◽  
Criminal Sanctions ◽  
Current State ◽  
European Court ◽  
Judicial Proceedings ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Procedural Safeguards ◽  
The One

Recently, there has been a substantial increase in the number of judgments delivered by the European Court of Human Rights with regard to the Russian Federation on the complaints filed by Russian citizens, including the complaints related to the liability for administrative offences. The characteristic tendency of the European Court of Human Rights to qualify administrative offences as criminal acts not only brings into focus the issue of ensuring procedural safeguards for individuals charged with administrative offences but also touches upon material aspects of the relation between criminal and administrative law-breaking in Russia as well as changes the traditional juristic view upon the essence of the legislation on administrative offence. Political and economic reforms of Perestroika and the first post-Soviet decade had a significant influence on the institution of administrative justice. Hence, on the one hand, its current state is caused by objective reasons. On the other hand, the legislator, having quite a broad discretion in determining whether to impose administrative or criminal sanctions in each particular case, has seriously blurred the material boundary between criminal and administrative offences. The problem of present-day legislation on administrative offences in Russia is a material hypertrophy of administrative liability together with continuous reduction of procedural safeguards and guarantees for individuals charged with administrative offences. The procedural norms of the existing Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation cannot provide for the adversarial nature of the administrative trial due to the fact that the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation is not methodologically aimed at regulating administrative (judicial) proceedings.

Inequality and Human Rights

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine Young
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
The United States ◽  
Good Work ◽  
Human Rights Movement

The human rights movement has done little to address economic inequality. So says Samuel Moyn in Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World. Reviewer Katharine Young disagrees. The good work promoting equality has been done, but this time, it has been done outside the United States. Had Moyn originally looked to where Young is now pointing, his book would have been much improved.

Human Rights and Economic Inequalities

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Economic Equality ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Economic Inequalities

Economic inequalities are among the greatest human rights challenges the world faces today due to the past four decades of neoliberal policy dominance. Globally, there are now over 2,000 billionaires, while 3.4 billion people live below the poverty line of US $5.50 per day. Many human rights scholars and practitioners read these statistics with alarm, asking what impact such extreme inequalities have on realizing human rights and what role, if any, should human rights have in challenging them? This edited volume examines these questions from multiple disciplinary perspectives, seeking to uncover the relationships between human rights and economic inequalities, and the barriers and pathways to greater economic equality and full enjoyment of human rights for all. The volume is a unique contribution to the emerging literature on human rights and economic inequality, as it is interdisciplinary, global in reach and extends to several under-researched areas in the field.

Economic Inequality, Human Rights, and Labour Markets

1997 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-160
Author(s):  
Jens Lehrmann Rasmussen
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Labour Markets ◽  
Market Forces ◽  
Inequality Of Opportunity ◽  
Social Concern ◽  
Important Thing ◽  
Market Interactions ◽  
Moral Standards

The purpose of the article is to analyse relations between human rights and economic inequality. Further, the role played by markets in these relations is examined. The importance of choice of dimension in which to measure inequality, such as consumption or hourly wages, is outlined. It is argued that the important thing in a human rights context is inequality of opportunity, not inequality of outcome. An analysis of reasons for making inequality a social concern, and of reasons for accepting inequality under certain circumstances, is attempted. By means of this, a hierarchy of reasons for inequality is suggested, where inequality is considered least morally acceptable, if it is founded on discrimination, more morally acceptable if it is founded on differences in methods of acquisition, and most acceptable if it is founded on differences in effort and talents. Important effects of factor market interactions on such types of inequality are examined. It is suggested that market forces tend to reduce discrimination. Inequality due to differences in method of acquisition is likely to be enhanced by market forces, possibly beyond the point generally acceptable by moral standards. The same is possible concerning inequality due to differences in effort and talents. Further, it is indicated that market forces cannot prevent poverty and may enhance it. If market forces are unable to generate an acceptable distribution, redistribution will be called for. It is suggested in this article that in a democracy the extent of redistribution is likely to be determined by the preferences of the median voters.

Lasso move risks worsening tensions in Ecuador

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Coastal Region ◽  
Economic Reforms ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Emergency Measure ◽  
The Government

Significance A spate of deadly prison uprisings has accompanied a more general rise in crime, especially in the coastal region, which has seen homicides soar. Lasso's emergency measure, which has prompted increased military and police deployments, comes amid national demonstrations, raising suspicions that the president is attempting to contain protests and advance unpopular economic reforms. Impacts International investor concern over rising crime and disorder will increase the pressure on Lasso to tackle the crisis. Human rights organisations will monitor the situation and demand that the government respect citizens’ right to protest. Unless Lasso accelerates prisoner releases, tougher anti-crime measures will place even more pressure on Ecuador’s overcrowded prisons.

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