Implementing Performing Rights

Implementing children's rights and health.

Making a commitment to respect the rights of children has profound implications for the status of children in our society. Nowhere is this more evident than in the field of health care where the decisions and actions of professionals impact on children’s lives in profound, intimate, and powerful ways. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child which was ratified by the UK Government in 1991 p...

Implementing Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Colombia.

In this brief presentation, I will try to give a general idea of the context in which we discuss the issue of sexual and reproductive rights in Colombia, and of the type of work we do at the nongovernmental organization in which I work. Let me start with the most recent and unfortunate public debate, generated by the Ombudsman.' The day he was elected to Congress he proposed that all women work...

Implementing Copyright Limitations in Rights Expression Languages

Rights expression languages (RELs) seek to provide the vocabulary and grammar necessary to express fine-grained, ex ante rules controlling the use of digital works. Drafters of RELs claim to search for a generic, content-neutral language to support expressions of rights in digital objects in a broad range of contexts. Generally modeled on access control languages, RELs are structured predominan...

Implementing Child Rights and Protection Law in Ghana: Case Study

This study examined the implementation of Ghana’s child rights legislation (Children’s Act 560) in four districts in respect of the establishment of prescribed administrative and institutional structures, the service delivery procedures, and challenges. The data from the four districts (cases –studies) were analysed by thematic grouping of responses. The results showed that the established admi...

Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.