Integration: Sind Normen und Werte des österreichischen Rechtsstaats (nicht) verhandelbar?
Das neue Integrationsgesetz (IntG) wirft die Frage auf, inwieweit der Staat die Übernahme von Werten zwecks Integration verlangen darf.
Category: Justice
Hero’s Burial of President Marcos
The Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, who served as president of a dictatorial regime from 1972 until 1981, was interred in a Heroes’ Cemetery on November 18th, 2016. Although groups petitioned for the cancellation of this internment, on August 8th, 2017 the Supreme Court finally decided to affirm the ruling authorizing …
The ‘List of Shame’ – a Sham? Accountability of conflict parties for child rights violations
The carefully crafted agenda of the UN Security Council (UNSC) to protect children during armed conflicts has been praised for being an effective accountability tool, not least because it is relatively unpolitical. The UN Secretary General’s (UNSG) annual report lists perpetrators responsible for grave violations against children, stigmatizes and creates …
The Common European Asylum System – Time for a reboot?
Even though recognizing the principle of non-refoulement and the need for a joint approach in order to guarantee high human rights standards of refugees’ protection, the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) was conceptualized as a migration control instrument, based on the principles of solidarity and mutual trust. Yet, the proclaimed …
About Serious Fouls and Fair Play – Human Rights in and through Sports
The time to leave the implementation of non-discrimination to sovereign states on a global scale seems to be over. Shifts in factual power towards non-state actors call for a more inclusive understanding of engagement in human rights policies. In this article, the international sporting scene serves as an example to …