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Switzerland was not content to stay on the sidelines of the CSCE (Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe) negotiations. Particularly in the area of human rights policies and by applying its talent for successful mediation between East and West, Switzerland achieved great recognition, as Philip Rosin`s thoroughly researched and methodologically persuasive study clearly reveals.

Switzerland --- CSCE --- human rights

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According to the Chinese zodiac, 2018 was the year of the ‘earthly dog’. In the middle of the long, hot, and feverish dog days of the summer of 2018, some workers at Shenzhen Jasic Technology took their chances and attempted to form an independent union. While this action was met by the harshest repression, it also led to extraordinary demonstrations of solidarity from small groups of radical students from all over the country, which in turn were immediately and severely suppressed. China’s year of the dog was also imbued with the spirit of another canine, Cerberus—the three-headed hound of Hades—with the ravenous advance of the surveillance state and the increasing securitisation of Chinese society, starting from the northwestern region of Xinjiang. This Yearbook traces these latest developments in Chinese society through a collection of 50 original essays on labour, civil society, and human rights in China and beyond, penned by leading scholars and practitioners from around the world.

Demonstration --- China --- Human Rights

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What correlations exist between law and religion? To trace this relationship in selected periods and regions (the old East / Ancient, modern Europe, Islamic world) is the goal of this volume. As a specific thematic reference point, the editors have selected those tense relationship that exists between the law as a divine constitution and the law as a human right. The current occasion to address this matter was the perception of a resurgence of traditional religion, especially Islam.

religion --- theology --- law --- human rights

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The capacity to abuse, or in general affect the enjoyment of human, labour and environmental rights has risen with the increased social and economic power
that multinational companies wield in the global economy. At the same time,
it appears that it is difficult to regulate the activities of multinational companies
in such a way that they conform to international human, labour and environmental
rights standards. This has partially to do with the organization of companies
into groups of separate legal persons, incorporated in different states, as
well as with the complexity of the corporate supply chain. Absent a business
and human rights treaty, a more coherent legal and policy approach is required.
Faced with the challenge of how to effectively access the right to remedy in
the European Union for human rights abuses committed by EU companies in
non-EU states, a diverse research consortium of academic and legal institutions
was formed. The consortium, coordinated by the Globernance Institute for
Democratic Governance, became the recipient of a 2013 Civil Justice Action
Grant from the European Commission Directorate General for Justice. A mandate
was thus issued for research, training and dissemination so as to bring
visibility to the challenge posed and moreover, to provide some solutions for
the removal of barriers to judicial and non-judicial remedy for victims of business related
human rights abuses in non-EU states. The project commenced in
September 2014 and over the course of two years the consortium conducted
research along four specific lines in parallel with various training sessions across
EU Member States.
The research conducted focused primarily on judicial remedies, both jurisdictional
barriers and applicable law barriers; non-judicial remedies, both to company based grievance. The results of this research endeavour make up the content of
this report whose aim is to provide a scholarly foundation for policy proposals
by identifying specific challenges relevant to access to justice in the European
Union and to provide recommendations on how to remove legal and practical
barriers so as to provide access to remedy for victims of business-related human
rights abuses in non-EU states.

multinationals --- european union --- human rights

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The Soviet leadership was certain of its success after the signing of the Final Act of the CSCE (Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe), and especially pleased with the agreements on trust-building measures. Yulia von Saal`s study convincingly shows how the Kremlin underestimated the explosive power of the Final Act in terms of civil and human rights, which launched it on a path of constantly mounting pressure for democratization.

human rights --- Gorbachev --- Soviet Union --- CSCE --- Perestroika