Publications

The growing international responsiveness to the rights of victims materialised in 2005 in the UN Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for the Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of international Humanitarian Law (BPGs). Their analysis leads to a nuanced conclusion. On the one hand, the BPGs significantly contribute to strengthening victims' rights, as they adopt ...

The impact of transnational processes on the organization of the Airo Pai (Secoya) of the Peruvian Amazon The organization of the Airo Pai (Secoya) of the Peruvian Amazon is influenced by local and global transnational processes. Global transnational processes reflect the intensification of globalization. Conservation and indigenous rights projects have affected in various ways the airo pai organization at the communal and intercommunal level, ...

This Presidency document describes the state of play of the European and international policy agendas on children, youth and children’s rights

This study compares the policy agendas on children('s rights) and youth of the European Union, the Council of Europe and the United Nations and identifies possible synergies. Focus is placed on those internal policy agendas of the organizations where a policy on children('s rights) or young people is the central objective; EU external policy is excluded from the analysis.

This study investigates the relationship between nature conservation and the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities from a huma n rights and legal anthropological perspective. To protect nature while respecting the rights and interests of the peopl e living in these areas is one of the main challenges of our times. The classic exclusionary model of nature conservation, based on the prototyp e of the American national park, has gone ...

Deze studie plaatst het Decreet betreffende de Rechtspositie van de Minderjarige in de integrale jeugdhulp (DRM) van 7 mei 2004 in internationaal perspectief, en toetst het decreet aan een aantal instrumenten van internationaal recht.

Heightened public awareness of the ever increasing loss of biodiversity has led to louder calls for effective nature conservation efforts. Most remaining biodiversity-rich areas are inhabited or used by indigenous peoples and local communities. In recent years a new ‘paradigm’ of ‘nature conservation with respect for the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities’ has emerged. Two questions arise: What exactly does this policy shift mean ...