26 July 2016

The Principle of Non-Refoulement as a Constitutional Right of Asylum Seekers in Turkey

Refugee migration has always been a phenomenon for many countries in the modern age and Turkey is no exception. Since the 20th Century Turkey hosted hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers and refugees from different countries. Continue reading >>
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27 April 2016

Tax Evasion and Human Rights

The United Nations Covenant should be interpreted to prohibit state mandated bank secrecy, which facilitates tax evasion by wealthy residents of the developing world. In other words, bank secrecy laws of Lichtenstein, Panama, and Switzerland, for example, violate internationally recognized human rights. Continue reading >>
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06 November 2015

The Universal Declaration of the Rights of Humankind: Big Words, Small Effect

The text of a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Humankind was presented on Monday before the french Economic, Social and Environmental Council. France will introduce the declaration in December at the 21st United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. Is the declaration more than just an empty gesture? Continue reading >>
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20 August 2012

Legal Listening: In Pursuit of Dignity

Some weeks ago, I published here impressions of the conference [...] Continue reading >>
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01 July 2012

Dignity Is Here to Stay: Revisiting Understandings of Human Dignity at Oxford

  It is a splendid sunday in Paris, and I [...] Continue reading >>
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