human rights
"Haine et politique, union malsaine / Hate and Politics, a Nasty Mix"
The McGill Human Rights Working Group (International Justice Portfolio), together with the the Muslim Law Student Association and the Human Rights Committee, presents a bilingual discussion on the rise of the extreme right in Europe / une discussion bilingue sur la montée des extrêmes droites en Europe:
"Haine et politique, union malsaine / Hate and Politics, a Nasty Mix"
Dans un climat de crise économique, sociale, et souvent identitaire, l'extrême droite fait des émules en Europe.
Canadians lukewarm about protection of human rights
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Democracy, Human Rights and the Fragility of Freedom
How do we bridge the gap between the theory of human rights and the complex social, political and economic realities of a turbulent and interconnected world?
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Human Rights Lecture: Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im
Anti-government protestors massacred in Yemen during the Arab Spring; pre-election intimidation in Angola this past August; Shia clerics tried and imprisoned for blasphemy by Sunni-controlled courts in Indonesia in recent years. The list goes on. The problem with defending international human rights through legal means is one of logistics: who does it, when, and how? Currently, it is up to the state to define and implement human rights norms for its citizens. But when it is precisely the officials of the state who are violating these norms, is it not paradoxical to also expect the state to enforce them?