The Impact of Human Rights Law on Armed Forces , by Peter Rowe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, xi + 249 + (index) 10pp. (£24.99 paperback and £55 hardback). ISBN 0-521-61732-4 and 0-521-85170-X.

The study analyzed selected issues related to the scope of human rights and freedoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland and Russia. The author wanted to compare the regulations issued by a Member State of the European Union and a country outside the European Union, often using undemocratic methods of exercising power. The work focuses on research problems related to the principles of protection, the confrontation of individual interests with the public interest, and the impact of the regimes introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic on human rights law in both countries. The thesis of the study is that in the event of a threat to public health, analogous restrictions on human rights are introduced both in an undemocratic country and in a country belonging to international structures identifying with democratic values. The state of the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed, and in some area even contributed to the creation of mechanisms reserved for crisis situations, posing a direct and real threat to public safety and health.

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Island Nation: The Impact of International Human Rights Law on Australian Refugee Law

Human Rights and the Refugee Definition ◽

10.1163/9789004288591_004 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 49-85

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

International Human Rights Law ◽

Human Rights Law ◽

International Human Rights ◽

Refugee Law ◽

International Human ◽

The Impact

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The impact of political globalization on human rights law

Deusto Journal of Human Rights ◽

10.18543/aahdh-5-2008pp33-46 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 33-46

Author(s):

Claudia Cinelli

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Human Rights Law ◽

Derechos Humanos ◽

El Sistema ◽

Political Globalization ◽

The Impact

En la era actual de globalización política, los Gobiernos mantienen su función tradicional de protagonistas en el sistema internacional (de derechos humanos). Al mismo tiempo, sin embargo, se espera que conciban instrumentos que potencien al máximo su capacidad para adaptarse a las necesidades de una protección efectiva de los derechos humanos debido a las «condiciones actuales». En verdad, si uno se para a reflexionar acerca de la cada vez mayor diversidad de actores internacionales y a considerar «la ley internacional en su variedad infinita», la cuestión es si el régimen internacional de derechos humanos de hoy en día es en realidad diferente hoy del de épocas anteriores. Al considerar la interacción entre la política (global) internacional y la ley internacional de derechos humanos, el artículo propone —en términos de desafíos— una reconsideración de las obligaciones (positivas) del Gobierno de conformidad con la naturaleza circular de la protección internacional de los derechos humanos.Publicación en línea: 11 diciembre 2017

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Development and Economy in Mongolia through a Human Rights Law Lens

Asia Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law ◽

10.1163/15718158-22020002 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 186-221

Author(s):

Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Foreign Direct Investments ◽

International Human Rights Law ◽

Human Rights Law ◽

Macroeconomic Policies ◽

Financial Flows ◽

Environmental Impact Assessments ◽

Mining Projects ◽

Mineral Rents ◽

The Impact

Abstract This article studies the Mongolian economic and development policies implemented in recent years until March 2020, including its revenue matrix sustainability, from an international human rights law perspective. Policy and legal recommendations for discussion are also presented. Based on a United Nations mission the author conducted to Mongolia in 2019, this country study examines the macroeconomic policies, including debt issues, from a human rights perspective; the extent to which mineral rents are translated into inclusive and comprehensive social and environmental policies, focusing on the mining project Oyu Tolgoi; the impact of illicit financial flows on human rights; and the effects of lending for infrastructure and mining projects and other foreign direct investments. The study concludes that economic diversification and conducting effective gender-sensitive, participatory human rights and environmental impact assessments of economic reforms and mining and infrastructure projects are the main challenges Mongolia faces.

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