Conclusion

2021 ◽  
pp. 159-174
Author(s):  
William L. d'Ambruoso
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
The United States ◽  
Slippery Slope ◽  
Elected Officials ◽  
The Past ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
European Institutions ◽  
Degrading Treatment ◽  
Recent Variation

This chapter explores the scope and limits of the book’s central claims, extending the argument to other circumstances and norms and describing cases that do not fit the theory. The chapter examines the recent variation between the United States and Europe on the question of torture. The human rights picture in Europe has improved over the past few decades in part because European institutions have been clearer than the United States about prohibiting cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment, eliminating the antitorture norm’s specificity problem, and preventing a slippery slope that so often ends with torture. Finally, the chapter broadens the argument by demonstrating how the pervasive belief that autocrats have an edge over rule-bound democracies has tempted certain elected officials to chip away at their own liberal-democratic institutions.

Justice, Acknowledgment, and Collective Memory

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Valls
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Collective Memory ◽  
The United States ◽  
Truth Commissions ◽  
Place Names ◽  
The Past ◽  
Regime Transitions

In regime transitions, a number of mechanisms are utilized to memorialize the past and to reject the ideas associated with human rights abused of the prior regime. This is often done through truth commissions, apologies, memorials, museums, changes in place names, national holidays, and other symbolic measures. In the United States, some efforts along these lines have been undertaken, but on the whole they have been very limited and inadequate. In addition, many symbols and memorials associated with the past, such as Confederate monuments and the Confederate Battle Flag, continue to be displayed. Hence while some progress has been made on these issues, much more needs to be done.

Conclusion

2020 ◽  
pp. 363-372
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Dna Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Forensic Dna ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Forensic Dna Analysis ◽  
The Past ◽  
Dna Technology

The first applications of DNA technology in criminal cases took place in the United States and United Kingdom more than 30 years ago. What have we learned over the past three decades from the use of forensic DNA analysis in criminal and human rights investigations and humanitarian disasters? And what challenges, opportunities, and potential pitfalls lie ahead?...

United States Foreign Policy in Southern Africa: Third-World Perspectives

1983 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 587-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davidson Nicol
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Reagan Administration ◽  
Third World ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
United States Foreign Policy ◽  
Multilateral Aid ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Government

The past decade has seen an increase in the scope of relationships, both political and economic, between Africa and the United States. These vary with the complexion of the government in power, though some would say that this was more in emphasis than in substance, others definitely not. It is felt by many Africans, nevertheless, that the Carter Administration's emphasis on human rights has now been downgraded by the present Reagan Administration and that, instead, the geopolitics of U.S.–U.S.S.R. rivalry, and the economic importance of developing the private sector at the expense of bilateral or multilateral aid, have been moved to the fore.

Rights after 9/11

2020 ◽  
pp. 287-318
Author(s):  
Aryeh Neier
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
The United States ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Human Rights Movement ◽  
Degrading Treatment ◽  
The Cold War

This chapter highlights the significant role of the human rights movement after September 11, 2001. It points out how Al-Qaeda made no claim to respect rights after 9/11, making them insusceptible to the human rights movement's main weapon: embarrassment. It also details how the United States played a crucial role in the promotion of human rights worldwide during and after the Cold War. The chapter analyzes the consequence of the decision to make prevention the defining concern of U.S. government policy in responding to the threat of terrorism for human rights. It looks at the consequences of the primacy given to prevention that removed one of the restraints on the use of torture or cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment.

Introduction to the Special Issue: ADA at 25 and People With Cognitive Disabilities: From Action to Inclusion

Inclusion ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Blanck
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Americans With Disabilities Act ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Central Element ◽  
The United States ◽  
Active Citizenship ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
25Th Anniversary ◽  
The Past

Abstract The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 has helped to define in the United States and globally the modern view of disability as a central element of the human experience. This second issue, of a two-part Special Issue of the journal Inclusion, examines the ADA at its 25th anniversary. From an array of disciplinary perspectives and lived experiences, the articles reflect on the past 25 years, examine present opportunities and challenges, and consider the future to ensure continued action toward the civil and human rights of individuals with cognitive and other disabilities for inclusion and active citizenship.

scholarly journals Kepemimpinan Perempuan dalam Konstruksi Berpikir Presiden Tiga Negara

2022 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Syaiful Amin ◽  
Ganda Febri Kurniawan ◽  
Andy Suryadi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Women's Leadership ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
Data Search ◽  
Democratic System ◽  
Vladimir Putin ◽  
Descriptive Method

<em>This study aims to investigate the thought construction of the leaders of three countries, namely Indonesia, the United States and Russia about women's leadership. This research was done by descriptive method. The data for this study was obtained from the official tweets of the presidents of three countries on Twitter. The keywords in the data search were: leadership, women, politics, human rights, and justice. Data analysis was carried out with the Nvivo 12 Pro. The results show that Joe Biden has a stronger thinking construct about women's state leadership with as many as 51, discussed by Joko Widodo in the second position with as many as 49 and Vladimir Putin in the last position with as many as 25. This also answers the thesis that with a liberal democratic system more open to women's leadership compared to the Pancasila democratic system and socialist democracy.</em>

International Human Rights Litigation in the United States

2021 ◽  
pp. 168-200
Author(s):  
Paul Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Common Law ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Sovereign Immunity ◽  
Human Rights Abuses ◽  
The Past ◽  
Forum Non Conveniens ◽  
International Human

Paul Hoffman reviews the position in the United States regarding the imposition of liability on multinationals for human rights abuses occurring overseas. He focuses on corporate complicity cases brought under the Alien Tort Statute over the past 25 years. By reference to key decisions, he charts the development of the law which had had initially held out considerable promise for human rights victims but which has been gradually whittled away by decisions such as Kiobel in 2012 and Jesner in 2018. The scope of the statute and the concepts of aiding and abetting liability, the presumption against extraterritoriality, ‘touch and concern test’ and ‘foreign sovereign immunity’ are explained. The decision in Doe v. Nestle has resolved many of the uncertainties. Potential liability under various statutes to protect victims of torture, trafficking, terrorism, and corruption are outlined as is the experience of common law tort claims and forum non conveniens.

A Declaration of Interdependence

2019 ◽  
pp. 13-41
Author(s):  
Sharon D. Welch
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mccarthy Era ◽  
The Past ◽  
Reconstruction Period

Our context is one of growing threats, resilient critique, and deeply rooted alternative forms of inclusive and expansive social life. We are now experiencing a rise of authoritarianism in the United States that is as dangerous as the anti-Communism of the McCarthy era of the 1950s, potentially as deadly as the eradication of basic political and human rights for African Americans after the Reconstruction period following the civil war. We are also witnessing a resurgence in authoritarianism not seen in Europe since the rise of fascism in the 1930s. What is missing in much of the literature on authoritarianism is a recognition that what fuels interdependent creativity and expansive civic engagement is not emancipated individualism but openness to the new grounded in the solidity of the same. The ‘same’ is generative connections between adults and youth, and community practices of resilience, acknowledging and learning from both mistakes and successes. This book is meant to enable readers to take on this challenge with honesty and creativity, aware of the particularity of our experiences as members of different racial and social groups, and as members of different economic classes. First, we must be honest, acknowledging the scale of racist exploitation and its ongoing impact. Will we learn from the past and present structures of white exploitation and violence? Will we learn how to check these practices in the present?

Rule of Law in the United States. Stability is one of the World’s Most Valued Commodities

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-165
Author(s):  
Joshua W. Dansby
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Coming Out ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
The Past ◽  
Definition Of

Summary “The rule of law is like the notion of ‘the good’. Everyone is for the good, although we hold different ideas about what the good is.” 1 Two primary ways of viewing the Rule of Law have developed over the years: the “thick” theory of the Rule of Law advocates that, in addition to laws that are publicly promulgated, equally enforced, and independently adjudicated, participation in government decisions (democracy) and consistency with international human rights law are essential for the Rule of Law in a society; the “thin” theory of the Rule of Law asserts that democracy and consistency with human rights law, while nice, are not essential for the Rule of Law. While the Rule of Law is often talked about in the context of developing countries that are coming out of conflict, there is little talk about the Rule of Law and its application to countries such as the United States. The past two years have seen the Rule of Law in the United States threatened as it has never been before, with Senators refusing to do their constitutional duty, a President that threatens to disregard the rulings of the judiciary, and judges both politicizing and abdicating their role as the interpreters of the law. Using a definition of the “thin” theory of the Rule of Law formulated by Brian Tamanahan, I ultimately argue that it not only is, but should be the case that a product of the Rule of Law, stability, a combination of security and predictability, is one of the world’s most valued commodities; and that Rule of Law, rather than the Rule of Man, is and should always be the bedrock of the United States of America.

scholarly journals Alone in the world?: Making sense of Canada’s disputes with Saudi Arabia and China

2019 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-161
Author(s):  
Roland Paris
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
The United States ◽  
Authoritarian Regimes ◽  
International Support ◽  
The Past ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
The World

Canada has found itself in serious diplomatic disputes over the past year with Saudi Arabia and China. The Saudis took issue with the Canadian foreign minister’s call to release human rights activists from prison, whereas China was angry at Canada’s arrest of a senior Chinese executive on an extradition request from the United States. These incidents should not be viewed as isolated aberrations. Authoritarian regimes seem increasingly emboldened to lash out at countries that displease them, including allies of the United States. But Ottawa has succeeded in rallying considerable international support for its position in the China dispute, suggesting that while Canada may be exposed, it is not destined to be alone.

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