Beyond Legalism in Turbulent Times: Re-grounding UK Social Work in a Richer International Human Rights Perspective

International Human Rights: A Perspective From India

The evolution of the international human rights regime has often been shaped by the push and pulls of political and historical forces and events at the expense of alternative approaches. The following Essay traces this evolution from the author’s perspective, presents India’s position in relation to the structure and environment of international human rights discourse, and outlines trends and c...

Towards a Human Rights Culture in Social Work Education

A human rights perspective must be embedded in the institutions, organisations or agencies where social work students find themselves. This paper will focus on one particular strategy that could be helpful to the process of solidifying a commitment to human rights for our students. Using a pedagogical tool from a school of social work in the USA originally developed to combat the social injusti...

Human Social Motivation in Evolutionary Perspective: Grounding Terror Management Theory

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RURAL SOCIAL WORK An international perspective

transgenic biotechnology and the right to work in international human rights with emphasis on rural communities

within the framework of the international human rights law, the right to work is the fundamental right of everyone to have permanent access to work, able to meet his/her welfare requirements. rural communities are entitled to this right akin to urban communities. as a matter of fact, not enough attention has been paid to the members of rural communities’ right to work. the supply of transgenic ...