scholarly journals Bills, Rights and Housing Policy: The Evolution of Israel’s Seven-Decade Housing-Related Bills

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4634
Author(s):  
Ravit Hananel
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Housing Affordability ◽  
The Political ◽  
Welfare Regimes ◽  
Positive Rights ◽  
Housing Rights ◽  
Negative Rights ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Economic Regime

How do bills contribute to the promotion of housing rights? Is there a relation between the content of proposed bills and a country’s dominant political economy? Are changes in the political-economic regime reflected in housing-related bills? What type of bill is most likely to be enacted: a provision or a protection? These are the challenge of this study. The analysis is based on the theoretical classic distinction between “provisions” (positive rights) and “protections” (negative rights) from the realm of human rights, producing an empirical cumulative-aggregative analysis, which examines the scope and content of housing-related bills in the Israeli parliament since its establishment in 1948, until today. The research findings are counterintuitive, challenging the understanding that welfare regimes encourage extensive provisions, as opposed to neoliberal regimes that promote extensive protections. Given the current global housing affordability crisis, the research findings are relevant to many countries, parliaments, and organizations that are currently seeking to promote various housing rights.

Protection of Labour Rights in the Age of Democratization and Economic Restructuring in Southern Africa

1995 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Nanyenya Takirambudde
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Economic Restructuring ◽  
Labour Law ◽  
Labour Rights ◽  
Negative Rights ◽  
The Right ◽  
Political Economic

The contours of human rights, especially labour rights, have undergone significant shifts in the recent past in Southern Africa. Labour law regimes have been overhauled, resulting in large-scale changes, liberalization of controls over trade unions, loosening of strictures relating to the right to strike, freeing collective bargaining from excessive governmental interference and the extension of protective legislation to previously excluded workers. These developments have been a function of dramatic changes throughout die region. The transition in Soudiern Africa has encompassed die political, economic and legal fabrics of most countries. It has been under way since die late 1980s and is being extended daily. In die constitutional zone, diere is a discernible trend towards the constdtutionalization of social rights, thus settling the debate regarding positive and negative rights in favour of the interdependence, indivisibility and interconnectedness of human rights. The transformation in Soudiern Africa is emblematic of three critical developments: democratization, economic liberalization and paradigmatic transitions in law.

Political Globalization and Citizenship: New Sources of Security Threats in Africa

2008 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 268-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Shola Omotola
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
The Political ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Group Rights ◽  
National Question ◽  
Political Globalization ◽  
Political Economic

AbstractThis article analyses the interface between political globalization, citizenship and security threats in Africa. Political globalization is assumed to be capable of engendering inclusive citizenship; in the same way, citizenship is considered to be central to the national question in Africa. It is around citizenship that most issues of human rights revolve, both at individual and group levels. The article argues that political globalization in Africa tends to limit the meaning, essence and substance of citizenship, even if the latter is defined from a minimalist perspective of duties-rights relationships. The marginalization and/or exclusionary politics engendered by political globalization, especially for vulnerable groups such as ethnic minorities, women and youth on all fronts - political, economic and socio-cultural, amount to a gross violation of individual and group rights. Consequently, rather than engender inclusive citizenship predicated upon fairness, equality and social justice, the political globalization processes seem to have done otherwise, thereby perverting democratization and citizenship to become sources of security threats in Africa.

scholarly journals Influence of the Investigation Process on the Political, Economic and Social Status of the Accused in Criminal Cases in Vietnam

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
AISDL
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
The Political ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Special Investigation ◽  
Criminal Charges ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Investigation Process

According to the regulations of Vietnamese law, the accused is the person prosecuted with a criminal charges. Currently, Vietnam has made many judicial reforms to improve human rights, including reforms in criminal proceedings to protect the human rights of accuseds. However, in reality, due to many objective and subjective reasons, the accused's rights are not guaranteed. Especially in the process of investigation, creating adverse effects on the political, economic and social rights of the accuseds. During special investigation and proceedings, the accused's rights are the most seriously affected. In the framework of the article, the author assesses the impact of these activities in the investigation on the accused. Beside, proposing solutions to protect accuseds, including the need for authorities to compensate for political, economic and social damage caused by the violation of law provisions during the investigation in Vietnam.

scholarly journals The Main Factors of Yemeni Conflict: An Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Adeb Abdulelah Abdulwahid Al-Tamimi ◽  
Uddagatti Venkatesha
Keyword(s):  
Social Situation ◽  
External Factors ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Struggle ◽  
External Interference ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
National Wealth ◽  
History Of ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Political Economic

Yemen is an unsteady country with a long history of conflict and many complex issues that have led to the deterioration of the political, economic, and social situation. The conflict in its various stages began as an internal political struggle as a result of the people's grievances and the elite's competition for power and national wealth, in addition to other external factors. Hence, it is important to study the conflict factors in Yemen to understand the situation which in turn will help in providing solutions by decision-makers towards peace-making. Therefore, this study analyses the conflict factors in Yemen based on the political, economic, and social effects, in addition to the external interference effects. The research findings indicated that the conflict factors were not the only result of security or political issues but also presented by many socio-economic problems as well as external factors, which have affected of the country since its unification.

scholarly journals Perdagangan Perempuan Nepal ke India dan Peran Jejaring Feminis Transnasional

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 258-275
Author(s):  
Fatma Yusuf Eko Suwarno
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Transnational Feminism ◽  
The Political ◽  
Global Alliance ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Trafficking In Women ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Women Trafficking ◽  
Political Economic

Nepal has faced high rates of woman trafficking to India for a long time. Various efforts were made but the rate did not decrease. This article intended to examine this phenomenon by examining the transnational feminist network (TFN), such as The Global Alliance Against Women Trafficking (GAAWT). GAAWT focuses on changes in the political, economic, social, legal system and structures related to the practice of trafficking in women by using a human rights approach to people who are regulated, non-discriminatory, uphold equality and uphold the principles of accountability, participation, and inclusiveness in the methodology, organizational structure and procedures. This study utilizes qualitative methods and transnational feminism theoretical framework. The result shows that GAAWT TFN has played a role in overcoming the issue of trafficking of Nepalese women to India by voicing the human rights of women in Nepal with a human rights approach. Even so, the trafficking of Nepalese women to India is still high. Therefore, evaluating approaches that pay attention to cultural aspects as well as various political identities at play can increase the effectiveness of TFN.

scholarly journals S. S. Alexeyev on Law and Human Rights in the Era of Drastic Changes

2019 ◽  
pp. 216-223
Author(s):  
Oleg Shipitsyn
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
The Political ◽  
Legal Regime ◽  
Historical Method ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Legitimate Interests ◽  
Legal Position ◽  
Soviet Russia ◽  
The Individual

The author reviews S. S. Alexeyev’s scholarly views concerning the relations between the individual and the Soviet state from the power and submission perspective, and also assurance of individual’s and citizen’s rights and legitimate interests. Taking into account that the state’s key functions are exercise of power and governance in the society, i.e. making an impact on the society in a certain way to achieve specific results, the purpose of the intended research is identifying the relation between the legal impact made by the state and the individual’s legal position in such a state and a society, as well as assessing the actual assurance of human rights and freedoms. To achieve the established goal, systemic and historical method of legal research were applied. The research findings demonstrate that the political and legal regime implemented in the Soviet Russia did not achieve the originally declared goals, while the actual legal conditions under which Soviet citizens had to exist only suppressed and infringed upon the individual, whose rights and freedom had no actual assurance. It is argued that transformations of political and legal nature in the last decade of the 20th century are a legitimate consequence of the preceding events, since it is the law that makes human freedom real and assured.

Private Philanthropy and Positive Rights

1987 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Gewirth
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
The State ◽  
Moral Rights ◽  
The Political ◽  
Social Morality ◽  
Personal Freedom ◽  
Positive Rights ◽  
Moral Problems ◽  
Private Philanthropy

How can anyone be opposed to private philanthropy? Such philanthropy consists in persons freely giving of their wealth or other goods to benefit individuals and groups they consider worthy of support. As private persons, they act apart from – although not, of course, in contravention of – the political apparatus of the state. In acting in this beneficent way, the philanthropists are indeed, as their name etymologically implies, lovers of humanity; and their efforts are also justified as exercises of their right to freedom, including the free use of the resources they own, which they have presumably acquired by their own free efforts or by the efforts of other persons who have freely transferred these resources to them. Thus, private philanthropy combines two of the highest values of individual and social morality: personal freedom and interpersonal beneficence.I. Moral Problems of Private PhilanthropyMany questions about moral, and especially human, rights arise from private philanthropy as thus briefly characterized. These questions may be divided into three sets, which focus respectively on the agents of philanthropy (i.e., the philanthropists themselves), on the recipients of philanthropy, and on the objects for which philanthropic awards are given. First, regarding the agents: Do they have a right to all the wealth they possess? Have they accumulated this wealth in a way that has respected the moral rights of other persons? If the answer is negative, even in part, then in what morally valid sense is all the wealth in question theirs to give away, even if they use it for philanthropic purposes: Do they have a right to give it away as they choose?

scholarly journals Human Rights Practice: Gender-Sensitive Law Enforcement

1970 ◽  
pp. 48-49
Author(s):  
Lebanese American University
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
The Political ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
Human Rights Practice ◽  
Degrading Treatment ◽  
The Right ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Mental And Physical Health ◽  
Conditions Of Work

Women are entitled to the equal enjoyment and protection of all human rights in the political, economic, social, cultural, civic and other domains. These rights include, inter alia, the right to life, equality, liberty and security of the person; equal protection under the law; freedom from discrimination; the highest attainable standard of mental and physical health; just and favourable conditions of work; and freedom from torture and other cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment.

scholarly journals Bilateral Relations between Switzerland and Belarus

2020 ◽  
pp. 102-117
Author(s):  
Ilya Zuyeu
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Intergovernmental Relations ◽  
Humanitarian Aid ◽  
Financial Assistance ◽  
The Political ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
Nuclear Disaster ◽  
Bilateral Relations ◽  
High Level ◽  
Political Economic

The article deals with the Swiss-Belarusian bilateral relations in the political, economic, humanitarian and cultural area from 1991 until nowadays. It provides a brief overview of the studies on this topic published in both countries as well as official reports by the Federal Council, where Belarus was mentioned. The article focuses on the former and current issues of intergovernmental relations between Switzerland and Belarus. It analyses the periods of deterioration caused by divergence of views on democracy and human rights, and the periods of improvement, when sanctions were lifted, the number of high-level visits increased, and new diplomatic and consular representations were established. The article traces the dynamics and structure of foreign trade between the two countries and notes its rapid growth since the mid-2000s, which was facilitated by major Swiss investors, joint ventures and other entities as well as business forums. It also gives data on the financial assistance and humanitarian aid that the Confederation has provided to Belarus, especially to the areas most affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, within its programmes of cooperation with Eastern Europe and via the Swiss Cooperation Office in Minsk (now the Embassy of Switzerland in Belarus). The article also describes the activities of the Belarusian diaspora in Switzerland as well as the cooperation between the educational, scientific and cultural institutions of the two countries. The author concludes that while Belarus is not one of Switzerland’s priority partners, in recent years the bilateral relations between them have been gradually improving.

scholarly journals Human Rights Violations during Armed Conflict in Nepal

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-85
Author(s):  
Prem Raj Khanal
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Communist Party ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
The Political ◽  
Human Rights Violations ◽  
Peace Accord ◽  
Political Economic

The armed conflict of Nepal was a conflict between government forces and Maoist rebels which started from 13 February 1996 and lasted 21 November 2006. The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) had begun the war with the aim of overthrowing the Nepalese monarchy and establishing the “People’s Republic of Nepal.” A decade-long armed conflict was formally ended with signing of the “Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA)” between government of Nepal and Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists) on 21 November 2006. This article does not describe the political, economic and other dimension of the armed conflict in Nepal. However, it tells about the different aspects of the human rights violations by State and Maoists in a decade-long (from 1996 to 2006) war in Nepal.

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