Monthly Archives: August 2010

What Are Human Rights? (22): Part of the Rule of Law

Posted on August 5, 2010 by

(This post follows a similar one on the link between democracy and the rule of law). The claim here is not the trivial one that human rights depend on the rule of law because they can’t be enforced without it. … Continue reading →

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Human Rights Facts (53): Charitable Giving Down Because of the Recession

Posted on August 4, 2010 by

Contrary to what I claimed in a previous post – which, I have to say in my own defense, was written in the middle of the recession – it now seems that the recession did have a negative effect on … Continue reading →

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Human Rights Ads (53): Child Labor and Child Trafficking

Posted on August 3, 2010 by

(source) More on child labor, sweatshops, human trafficking and child marriage. More on children’s rights in general. More human rights ads.

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Terrorism and Human Rights (29): Terrorism, Caused by Poverty or Repression?

Posted on August 2, 2010 by

This is a follow up from some previous posts (here, here and here) claiming that poverty doesn’t cause terrorism, at least not usually, and another one (here) claiming that rights violations are a better predictor (and, conversely, respect for human … Continue reading →

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Migration and Human Rights (29): Is Freedom of Association a Means to Promote or to Restrict Immigration?

Posted on August 1, 2010 by

(source) Freedom of association is an important human right (see here for example). Linked to freedom of association is the right to exclude: groups that aren’t allowed to exclude whomever they want from membership aren’t free to associate. Another reason … Continue reading →

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