Archive for June 2016

General conclusion

VIIGeneral conclusion The introduction to this research proposed that criteria for linking human rights and development policies and practices should be sought within the international human rights law framework. My analysis began by characterizing and contextualizing human rights in development discourse. It attempted to chart the trajectory of human rights . . . Read more

Respect for human rights in external activities: Overarching normative principles

VIRespect for human rights in external activities Overarching normative principles Introduction The resource-related action has been a preferred strategy of international efforts to balance inequality in social and economic terms: aid, preferential treatment, technical assistance, etc. Equally, the meaning of creation of an ‘enabling environment’ has given way to an . . . Read more

New legal ideas: Comment on the relationship of the international assistance and cooperation and extraterritorial scope of ESC rights

VNew legal ideas Comment on the relationship of the international assistance and cooperation and extraterritorial scope of ESC rights There have been numerous attempts in academic literature to link ‘international assistance and cooperation’ under the ICESCR to the notion of the Covenant’s extraterritorial application.1 The Committee on Economic, Social and . . . Read more