For Hissene Habre’s victims, the clock is ticking –many elderly ones have already died and will never see the compensation they were owed.
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The UN’s new rights focus has the potential to overhaul the punitive nature of the war on drugs.
Recent developments at the United Nations and the G-20 suggest that the well-known human rights to privacy and freedom of expression may soon be formally extended to online communications.
Traditionally human rights are viewed as being indivisible, interdependent and interrelated. The notion that a company may need to choose which human rights it will protect is antithetical.
Australia’s human rights record isn’t perfect, but it still good. if Australians aren’t able to take some pride in that and be inspired to do even better, over-the-top criticism could backfire.
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Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
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Deputy Director, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law, Griffith University
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Director, International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy, University of Essex
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