United Nations Human Rights Council

Spohr, Maximilian

doi:10.1163/18757413-90000052

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“…These resolutions were supported by Western members of the Commission, while non‐Western states typically abstained from voting. Since the inception in 2006 of the Human Rights Council, whose structure has reduced the influence of Western states (Spohr, ), momentum has moved to the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, described above.…”

Section: Democracy Within Statesmentioning

confidence: 99%

International Legal Encounters with Democracy

Charlesworth

2017

Global Policy

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The language of democracy has become common in international law, the legal system that regulates relations between nation states. This interest in democracy has however largely ignored democracy at the international level and focused instead on national democratic standards. In this paper, I start by sketching the threadbare debates about democracy beyond political borders in international law and then turn to the way that international institutions have developed this concept, particularly in the peace and state-building boom associated with the end of the Cold War. The two contexts for democracy have taken different directions. In the case of democracy at the international level, the discussion has become polarised between global North and South, with democracy being promoted by the South as an omnibus agenda to remedy economic and political inequalities. In the case of democracies within states, international lawyers have taken democracy to have a fixed form, associated with specific institutional practices and structures, limiting its capacity for transformation.

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Section: Democracy Within Statesmentioning

confidence: 99%

International Legal Encounters with Democracy

Charlesworth

2017

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“…Mining contributes to community development, enhances social and cultural identity (Sovacool, 2019), and promotes infrastructure improvements, including in telecommunications and utilities (Azapagic, 2004;Franks, 2012;Hajkowicz et al, 2011). However, particularly in developing countries, the industry is plagued by significant drawbacks such as corruption, child and forced labor, poor working conditions, low wages, and health risks, often in violation of the International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions (Azapagic, 2004;Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW), 2010;Franks, 2012;Hajkowicz et al, 2011;Mwaura, 2019;Sovacool, 2019;Spohr, 2016;Starke, 2016).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%