Empirical critiques of human rights have reached a crescendo. Despite their centrality in late
modernity, human rights face claims of irrelevance and predictions of demise. These social …

'Poverty itself is a violation of numerous basic human rights.'(Mary Robinson, former UN
High Commissioner on Human Rights) The idea that freedom from poverty is a basic human …

In September 2007, Buddhist monks, students, democracy campaigners, and ordinary men,
women, and children took their lives into their hands in the streets of Yangon, Myanmar, to …

Following the situation of poverty in the rights paradigm, this paper explores the links
between the rights-based and corporate social responsibility (CSR) approaches to the …

The Routledge Handbook of Development Ethics provides readers with insight into the
central questions of development ethics, the main approaches to answering them, and areas …

This book chapter examines the opportunities and challenges of incorporating a rights-
based approach into community development initiatives in Pakistan, specifically addressing …

The paper considers the role that the international human rights framework should play in
the extension and application of Sen's capability approach. It discusses how emerging …

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme
and is available on www. bloomsburycollections. com. Griffiths, Kippin and Stoker bring …

This paper aims to demonstrate that a human rights-compliant normative approach offers
solutions to some of the specific areas of concern for economic decision-making in the …

How Europe can hit the “reset” button after years of failed responses to North African turmoil
The ongoing upheaval in North Africa has presented many challenges to Europe, which …