Strengthning policy through dialoge
by Tiago Medeiros Delgado, Universal Rights Group Bajo la lupa: implementación nacional de normas universales, Blog, Blog, Más allá del Consejo
In a significant move for women’s rights in Sudan and the wider region, the country’s transitional government has outlawed the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The amendment to the criminal code that makes ‘whoever removed, mutilated the female genitalia by cutting, mutilating or modifying any natural part of it leading to the full or partial loss of its functions’ punishable …
Varios Estados han formulado reservas a los artículos de las convenciones de derechos humanos de la ONU basándose en que las leyes, las tradiciones, la religión o la cultura nacionales no se ajustan a los principios enunciados en dichas convenciones. Este proyecto busca analizar, comprender y generar conciencia sobre el alcance, el impacto y la necesidad de las reservas religiosas …
by Marc Limon, Executive Director of the Universal Rights Group and Geneva Blog, In Focus: Human rights and religion
The debate over whether ‘human rights’ are indeed ‘universal’ or, as some would argue, are to be understood and applied differently depending on national, regional, cultural or religious contexts (so-called ‘cultural relativism’) is well-known. In today’s world, where political leaders in some established democracies appear to be sounding the retreat from liberal internationalism, and where religious extremists are bent on …