Call for papers: topics related to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Berlin Forum on Global Politics, Institute for Global Dialogue oraz RECLAIM! Universal Human Rights Initiative zapraszają do udziału w publikacji poświęconej Powszechnej Deklaracji Praw Człowieka. Tematy, którymi zainteresowani są Organizatorzy to:

• renewed considerations on the universality of human rights
• whether the UDHR needs to be revised or not, and if so, what the revision implies
• the nature of the failures of the international community, its institutions, and international law to safeguard human rights
• the actual weakening of human rights by UN member states from within the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)
• the general failure to safeguard the economic human rights and basic services highlighted by the UDHR
• the importance of sustainable development, poverty eradication, and inequality reduction for human rights
• the massive waves of population displacements and the large-scale refusal of states and institutions to protect refugees and asylum seekers
• the impact of new populisms and emboldened identity politics in weakening human rights
• the contributions as well as limitations of human rights activism at the regional, transnational, and global level
• the increasing use of summary execution, arbitrary detention, and torture by both nation states and non-state movements in fundamental violation of the UDHR
• how the crippling of internet freedoms by governments through mass surveillance, censorship, and information warfare weakens human rights
• the high level of disregard of physical, social, and psychological disabilities as a major human rights issue
• how climate change and environmental sustainability relate to human rights
• how global capitalism often works as a force against human rights
• the employment of xenophobia, racism, and sexism by governments and demagogues to diminish human rights
• whether the UDHR should explicitly address the rights of the LGBT+ community
• the impact of governmental and corporate lack of transparency and accountability on human rights
• the problem of governmental impunity for war crimes and military occupations, and whether international law can be strengthened to prevent this
• the responsibilities of corporations, especially those that are global, in contributing to uphold human rights
• the impact of emerging technologies on human rights

Abstrakty (do 200 słów) można przesyłać do 24 czerwca. Organizatorzy poinformują o wynikach naboru do 1 lipca, a 16 września upłynie termin nadsyłania pełnych tekstów (do 2000 słów). Publikacja ukaże się w listopadzie. Więcej informacji można znaleźć tutaj.