Human Rights | European Futures https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk Edinburgh Europa Institute Fri, 28 Sep 2018 12:34:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/files/2015/03/European-Futures-Icon.png Human Rights | European Futures https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk 32 32 Brexit, Northern Ireland, and Devolution https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/brexit-northern-ireland-and-devolution/ Fri, 28 Sep 2018 12:20:22 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=7178 Amanda Kramer Brexit and Rights Engagement Network   One of the biggest difficulties facing the UK government in the current Brexit negotiations is how to resolve the problems that Brexit has created for Northern Ireland. Of these problems, the UK is facing increasing pressure to resolve one in particular: the potential borders that might arise …

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]]> Brexit and Human Rights in Northern Ireland https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/brexit-and-human-rights-in-northern-ireland/ Fri, 21 Sep 2018 10:41:27 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=7168 Alan Greene Brexit and Rights Engagement Network     As the Brexit negotiations reach their endgame, the border on the island of Ireland has become the main stumbling block. The so-called ‘Irish question’ is, however, much more multi-faceted than just the issue of ‘border checks’. The Good Friday Agreement (GFA) which has brought relative peace …

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]]> Now is the time to consider a bill of rights for Scotland https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/now-is-the-time-to-consider-a-bill-of-rights-for-scotland/ Fri, 21 Sep 2018 10:28:08 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=7138 Kirsteen Shields Brexit and Rights Engagement Network     The UK government is chasing an illusion of sovereignty via Brexit, but it is a change that will come at the expense of our rights. Westminster will remove one of the few, and relatively new, limits on its powers when it revokes membership of the EU. …

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]]> Incorporating International Human Rights in a Devolved Context https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/incorporating-international-human-rights-in-a-devolved-context/ Mon, 17 Sep 2018 14:06:11 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=7114 Kasey McCall-Smith Brexit and Rights Engagement Network     International human rights treaties universally contain a call to States parties to give legal effect to the obligations found in the treaty text. Article 2(2) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, for example, obliges states ‘to adopt such laws or other measures as …

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]]> Human Rights Reform: Adjudication and Enforcement of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights? https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/human-rights-reform-adjudication-and-enforcement-of-economic-social-and-cultural-rights/ Mon, 23 Jul 2018 09:30:06 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=7011 Katie Boyle Brexit and Rights Engagement Network The way that human rights are protected in the UK is changing. This has a direct impact on the different types of adjudication, enforcement and routes to remedy that might be available for those who experience violations of human rights, including civil, political, economic, social and cultural (CPESC) …

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