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Beijing Platform for Action

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1995 Beijing conference- focus on: women’s empowerment/full and equal participation • public and private spheres • “The Platform for Action reaffirms the fundamental principle set forth in the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights, that the human rights of women and of the girl child are an inalienable, integral and indivisible part of universal human rights.” See slide from March 13 for strategic objectives and actions

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Political asylum

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the protection granted by a nation to someone who has left their native country as a political refugee

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Non-refoulement

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Our legal obligation to not send refugees back to the place where they are being persecuted- People have the right to political asylum

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Survival migration

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concept of forced migration- forced form homes due to economic circumstances, etc

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Internally displaced persons

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man made or environmental disasters, stay in same country

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Migrants (vs. refugees)

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Migrants- better socio economic conditions- chose to move vs Refugees- fleeing persecution- forced out

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Dublin Regulation

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Member states responsible for examining asylum claims is the first state of entry by asylum seeker- Aimed to prevent “asylum shopping”, people choosing where to go, multiple applications, etc-

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Schengen Area

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Area of EU with passport-free movement

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Respect, Protect, Fulfill framework

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Respect- state will not interfere w enjoyment of right- state not a violator, Protect- take steps to ensure others do not interfere/violate hr, Fulfill- promote, facilitate, provide. Proactively engage in activities that strengthen access to and realization of hr

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Protect, Respect, Remedy framework

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Twist on respect, protect, fulfill- State duty to protect against hr by 3rd parties (incl businesses), Corporate responsibility to respect hr, Greater access by victims to effective remedy

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Global Compact

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2000- Voluntary initiative- To encourage business worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies and to report on implementation

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John Ruggie

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Appointed as special representitive to the UN in 2005 for business and HR, wrote about protect, respect, remedy and guiding principles

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Guiding Principles on Business &Human Rights

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soft law- norms- ex: due diligence and extraterritorial oversight

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Human rights due diligence

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Assessment phase (Consider country context, consider impact of own activities, consider impact of relationships), Action (Integrate findings, track effectiveness of response, communicate)

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Extraterritorial oversight

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Home countries regulating certain conducts of corporations that take place overseas

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Hard law

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legally binding treaties

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Soft law

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no legal binding- norms

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Palermo Protocol

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2000- supplementing UN convention against transnational organized crime- first international definition of trafficking (force and coercion big part)- Does not offer many concrete hr protections

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Trafficking Victims Protection Act

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US response to the Palermo Protocol- Debate in US:abolitionists vs Human rights feminists- Definition excludes requirement of coercion thus encompassing consensual sex work- Used as foreign policy tool

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decriminalization vs legalization

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removal of laws that penalize selling of sex vs laws to formally regulate

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Swedish/Nordic model

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criminalization of only buyers

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Toonen vs Australia

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Case that defined that Sexual orientation covered by HR for UN

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Yogyakarta Principles

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Guidelines of how to respect sexual orientation and gender identity- for diff organizations and UN bodies

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“universal traditional values”

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Campaign launched by Russia to get no votes to the Born Free and equal campaing against rights of LGBTQ

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Born Free and Equal campaign

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Office of high commission of hr- breaks down which protections apply- focus on non discrim and freedom and equality

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norm cascade vs norm polarization

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Spirals that came from competing campaigns (above 2)- former- hopefully all countries will catch up to equality but instead got latter- polarization

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anthropocentric vs ecocentric approach

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(to environment) Anthro- individuals at center- peoples as bearers of rights- it affects us…. Eco- humans do not have privileged place- earth gets rights

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self-determination

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UN declaration on rights of indigenous ppl- freely determine political status and freely pursue economic, social , and cultural development… Not right to have new state, but right to protect group and not be forced to assimilate

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right to existence

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Group right inferred to life from genocide convention- Right to reproduce, right to culture, protect language, etc

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Universal Declaration of the Rights ofMother Earth

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bolivia- ecocentric approach- not passed

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3 key components of trafficking definition

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Act- recruitment/transport, Means- force, fraud, coercion, Purpose- exploitation such as involuntary servitude, debt bondage, slavery, secual exploitation

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3 “Ps” of the 3 Ps approach to trafficking

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prevention, prosecution, protection

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Country that led the “universal traditional values” campaign at UN

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Russia

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2 key principles that underpin SOGI rights (according to Navi Pillay)

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freedom, equality

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5 core obligations of states regarding SOGI rights

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Protect from violence, prevent torture and degrading treatment,repeal laws criminalizing LGBT, prohibit discrimination, safeguard freedom of expression etc

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First international body to find that criminalizing homosexual behavior violates human rights

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european court of HR

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First country to constitutionally prohibit discrimination on basis of sexual orientation

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South Africa

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Refugee convention covers persecution on the basis of what five grounds?

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Race, religion, nationality, political opinion, membership in particular social group

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What are the three possible long-term goals/solutions for refugees? What are the three morecommon realities

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Long term goals for ref- repatriation/return, integration, resettlement/relocation…. realities- Refugee camps, urban destitution, dangerous journeys

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“Survival migration” draws on what three “basic rights”? Which of the three is not considered in current refugee regime?

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Basic liberty, security, subsistence

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What country took the lead in proposing Treaty on Business & Human Rights?

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Ecuador

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What country passed a national “Law of Mother Earth”?

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Bolivia

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Indigenous peoples’ claims about the “right to existence” are inferred from what international treaty?

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Genocide Convention

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What four countries opposed the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples?

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Us, canada, australia, new zealand

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