Скачать или смотреть The Protection of Human Rights in Europe, Africa and the Americas - Panel 3 and Closing Remarks

In the aftermath of the horrors of World War Two and the Holocaust, States across the world made a fundamental decision to be governed by an international Rule of Law, in which all States would be obliged to ensure respect for universal rights to which all human beings are entitled based on our common humanity. Landmark achievements, including the establishment of the United Nations and the UN Treaty Body System; the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and a multitude of subsequent human rights instruments; and the creation of regional human rights courts and commissions; all demonstrate a commitment to an international rules-based order that upholds the rights of individuals and the duties that States owe to their citizens. Today, few scholars would argue that human rights are not a matter of the utmost international concern.

However, the world has recently witnessed a rise in nationalist populism in many States, which advocates disengagement from international laws and institutions. Even established liberal democracies have threatened to withdraw from international human rights systems. Therefore, the time was right to convene an international conference of human rights experts to discuss current issues and common challenges and to try to find ways to strengthen international human rights protections going forward.

On Friday 14th June 2019, Mr Anthony Wenton of the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law co-convened a conference with Dr Anelen Micus of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford; Professor Clara Sandoval-Villalba of the Human Rights Centre and School of Law, University of Essex; and Professor Rachel Murray of the Human Rights Implementation Centre, University of Bristol. The event was generously hosted by the law firm Travers Smith, who have been longstanding supporters of the Bingham Centre's work.

The event brought together leading figures from the three regional human rights systems in Europe, Africa and the Americas; the UN Human Rights Committee; academia; civil society; and National Human Rights Institutions. The conference also greatly benefited from the Rt Hon Lord Justice Singh's insights into issues surrounding the domestic application of international human rights judgments.

Panel 3 - Regional responses to violations of economic, social and cultural rights

Chair: Dr Annelen Micus (Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford)
Speakers:
Dr Pablo González-Domínguez (Staff Attorney at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights)
Mr Gaye Sowe (Executive Director, Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa)
Professor Aoife Nolan (European Committee of Social Rights / Nottingham University)
Dr Isaac de Paz González (The Autonomous University of Baja California, Tijuana)
Closing remarks
Professor Kate O'Regan (Director of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights and former Judge of the South African Constitutional Court)