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Strategic human rights litigation in tough times
Photo: EFE/EPA Michael Reynolds Rather than a set of teachable skills, strategic litigation is the talent to turn a social problem into a vision of an actionable court case. When strategic litigation is aimed at defending human rights, its political meaning varies from society to society. The integrity of the justice system and judicial culture are the most important factors to be taken into account when investing in strategic litigation.
Letter to George Clooney
I’m writing to say that I think you are a great actor! And, of course, handsome beyond belief!! I loved you in Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? I laughed my socks off watching you in Burn After Reading. I even felt sad for your hardened, self-possessed character in Up in the Air. I’m sure you get many letters from your admirers, especially women like me. So at this point you are probably tempted to stop reading. Please don’t; I have something very important to tell you.
Business can and should ally with those defending human rights
Business should heed the views of human rights defenders, and do more to protect their crucial work—which advances the rule of law that benefits business too. Español Global businesses and grassroots human rights activists may seem like strange bedfellows. But as attacks on basic democratic freedoms and the rule of law intensify around the world, they may have more shared values and interests than one might think. We know businesses are driven by the bottom line.
Making economic rights “real” with stakeholder dialogues
There has been a growing global backlash—especially in countries like the US and the UK—from people who feel they’ve been negatively affected by business practices. Yet we also have people in poor countries clamoring for access to factory jobs. In order to prevent a “race to the bottom” where wages and working conditions drop through the floor globally, the United Nations and many human rights advocates have re-framed these issues as human rights challenges.
Phantom rights: the systemic marginalization of economic and social rights
Neither the UN nor civil society is doing much about the deep resistance of many states to proper recognition of economic and social rights. A contribution to openGlobalRights’ economic and social rights debate. Español Conventional wisdom celebrates the great strides that have been made in recent years in relation to economic and social rights. The process of including those rights in constitutions has moved quickly in recent years.
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