Tuesday, February 13, 2018

New Issue: Human Rights Quarterly

The latest issue of the Human Rights Quarterly (Vol. 40, no. 1, February 2018) is out. Contents include:
  • Jeremy Sarkin, A Methodology to Ensure that States Adequately Apply Due Diligence Standards and Processes to Significantly Impact Levels of Violence Against Women Around the World
  • Joseph J. Murray, Maartje De Meulder, & Delphine le Maire, An Education in Sign Language as a Human Right?: The Sensory Exception in the Legislative History and Ongoing Interpretation of Article 24 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • David P. Forsythe, The International Red Cross: Decentralization and its Effects
  • Jorge González-Jácome, The Emergence of Revolutionary and Democratic Human Rights Activism in Colombia Between 1974 and 1980
  • David Bilchitz, Fundamental Rights as Bridging Concepts: Straddling the Boundary Between Ideal Justice and an Imperfect Reality
  • Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann, The “Quebec Values” Debate of 2013: Minority vs. Collective Rights
  • Obiajulu Nnamuchi, Commodification of Body Parts and its Apologetics: What is the Position of Human Rights?
  • Omar G. Encarnación, A Latin American Puzzle: Gay Rights Landscapes in Argentina and Brazil