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European Union Protection of Human Rights through its global policy
2022
The Regime of Restrictive Measures against Serious Violations and Abuses of Human Rights launched at the end of 2020 by the European Union is part of the Commission's objective to reaffirm the Union's firm commitment to promoting universal values and strengthening its leadership in this field. However, the first year of implementation of the regime casts doubt on its effectiveness, given the existence of legal loopholes that tarnish it.
State Continuity, Succession and Responsibility: Reparations to the Baltic States and their Peoples?
2003
Transnational Struggle for Recognition: Axel Honneth on the Embodied Dignity of Stateless Persons
2021
In the last 15 years, scholars have increasingly applied Axel Honneth’s recognition theory to global issues such as justice, poverty, solidarity, peace, cosmopolitanism, and climate change. UNHCR estimates that there are currently 12 million stateless people worldwide. Their citizenship rights and human rights are mis-recognized. As humans, their human rights and human dignity should be protected. However, this requires being a citizen of a state, which, by definition, excludes stateless people. Although representing a fairly large group among today’s irregular migrants, within the above Honneth scholarship, statelessness is seldom investigated. And if being explored, the primary focus is r…
THE HUMAN RIGHT TO HEALTH: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS AFTER 70 YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
2018
In 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the first international text recognising universal human rights for all; the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 25 recognises the right to an adequate standard of living, which includes the right to health and medical care. On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Declaration, this article presents an overview of the main developments that have been made towards understanding the content and implications of the right to health, as well as an analysis of some specific advancements that aim to facilitate the enforcement thereof. These include: a) the implication of private entities as responsible for right to health…
Service learning and the attitudes of university students to the community
2017
La formación en el diseño y ejecución de programas de servicio como el ApS ofrece oportunidades para que el alumnado incorpore la responsabilidad social y moral en el desarrollo de conocimientos, destrezas y valores necesarios para la toma de decisiones que afectan a las acciones individuales y colectivas relacionadas con cuestiones como los derechos humanos, la infancia o el desarrollo sostenible. Además, ayuda a expresar y debatir las argumentaciones, retos y aspectos críticos con sus iguales, así como a respetar aquellas opiniones y actos que no comparten. Desde esta investigación se pretende analizar si el alumnado universitario tiene conciencia de sí mismo/a como ciudadano/a, así como …
Przesłanka eugeniczna (embriopatologiczna) jako przesłanka legalnego przerywania ciąży – glosa do wyroku trybunału konstytucyjnego z 22.10.2020 r. (k…
2020
Eugenic (embryopathological) premise as a premise for legal termination of pregnancy – commentary to the judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 22.10.2020 (K 1/20) This study is a gloss to the judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of October 22, 2020, in which the Tribunal declared the so-called unconstitutional eugenic (embryopathological) premises as a premise for legal termination of pregnancy. The adopted research methodology was as follows. Firstly, it was analyzed whether the right whose infringement is legalized by the ordinary legislator constitutes a constitutional value. Secondly, the problem boiled down to the question of whether the legalization of infringements of this ri…
Introduction: Security, Criminal Justice and Human Rights in Countering Terrorism in the Post 9/11 Era
2012
In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, many commentators claimed that the world had changed ‘forever’ with international terrorism constituting one of the defining global security challenges of the twenty-first century. The renewed focus on counter-terrorism law and policy also called into question whether the lessons drawn from previous terrorism emergencies are pertinent to the post-9/11 environment. Indeed, to what extent, if at all, are the principles identified for the liberal democratic response to traditional forms of terrorism applicable to a response to contemporary international terrorism? The historical, political and security implications of 9/11 notwit…
When a virus (Covid-19) attacks human rights: The situation of asylum seekers in the medico-legal setting
2020
The Covid-19 pandemic is a global health emergency that requires immediate, effective action by governments to protect the health and basic human rights of everyone’s life. Refugees and migrants are potentially at increased risk because they typically live in overcrowded conditions often without access to basic sanitation. Since the beginning of the official lockdown for Covid-19, the medico-legal assessment of physical violence related to obtaining status or other forms of human protection has been frozen.
Nuevo criterio interpretativo de los derechos fundamentales conforme a los tratados internacionales de derechos humanos en la Constitución Española
2011
RESUMEN. En las siguientes líneas se pretende argumentar a la luz del ordenamiento jurídico español la existencia de razones jurídicas (válidas y suficientes) para catalogar como “criterio interpretativo de los Derechos Fundamentales” a los Tratados Internacionales de Derechos Humanos, aportando cuatro tipos de argumentos: El primero, se deduce de la naturaleza jurídica de los tratados como fuentes del Derecho Internacional y como obligaciones internacionales para el Estado. El segundo, deriva de la incorporación automática de los Tratados al Derecho interno consolidándose como parte del ordenamiento jurídico. El tercero, es la pauta interpretativa que cuenta con respaldo constitucional en …
El camino de Turquía hacia la Unión Europea: Aspectos de la reforma del derecho penal turco como requisito para su incorporación a la UE.
2011
RESUMEN Debido a la pretensión de Turquía por incorporarse a la Unión Europea es imperativo que verifique un cumplimiento efectivo las condiciones que establece la misma al respecto en los llamados Criterios de Copenhague. En lo que a la protección de los derechos humanos se refiere, la modificación del Derecho Penal turco deviene una de las tareas clave debido a que la protección de los bienes jurídicos fundamentales, cometido de tal disciplina, está intrínsecamente ligada con el amparo de los derechos humanos. Por ello se ha realizado un estudio de los principios generales del Derecho Penal en el sistema turco, por ser la base de tal Derecho y los límites de la potestad sancionadora del E…