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HRJust WP 4 Report the Rights of the Child during the COVID-19 Pandemic vulnerability, intersectionality, and human rights justifications: A Civil Society Perspective
This report examines the human rights and children’s rights implications of the COVID-19 responses in Sweden and Finland, focusing on the balance between conflicting constitutional and human rights and the national structures for civil society engagement during emergencies like the pandemic. Both countries faced the challenge of protecting public health during the pandemic; however, children,…
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Memo: A Suggestion of HRJ Typology
Based on our review of Taiwan’s state reports under the six UN human rights conventions it has ratified or domesticated (ICCPR, ICESCR, ICERD, CEDAW, CRPD, CRC), we identify three distinct patterns of human rights justification (HRJ) in the State’s responses to allegations of rights violations, grounded in the dichotomy between State action and inaction (Types…
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Inclusive Democracy, Reflecting Gender and Intersectionality, The Rings-on-Water methodology and the Complex Intersectional Critique as a single, mutually anchored
Deliverable 7.5 responds to the Horizon Europe Grant Agreement’s request for a report on Inclusive Democracy, reflecting gender and intersectionality. The deliverable is composed of two mutually anchored component studies. D 7.5-A develops the Rings-on-Water (RoW) methodology through which HRJust conducted civil-society engagement across Sweden and Taiwan, and articulates the epistemological warrant that grounds that methodology…
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A Report on How Human Rights Organisations Respond to the Use of Human Rights Justifications in Swedish Legislative Preparatory Works, Maria Nääv & Haidar Al-amirtaha
Summary This report examines how Civil Society in the form of human rights organisations responds to Human Rights Justifications (HRJs) through the consultation process for two recently presented legislative inquiry reports: Ds 2024:30 and SOU 2024:93. HRJs are when the State uses human rights to justify its own decisions and actions. The purpose of human…
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HRJust Early Alert — April to August
A new round of public consultations is open, highlighting goverment inquiries and proposals that may have implications for human rights in Sweden. This curated list points to current state inquiries where civil society voices are both relevant and needed. Even if your organization has not been formally invited to respond, you still have the opportunity…
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New Publication Exploring Russia’s Use of Human Rights Justifications in Defense of its Invasion of Ukraine
Human rights are conventionally conceptualised as normative safeguards that enable individuals to hold States accountable. However, an emerging line of inquiry examines a more complex dynamic: the invocation of human rights by States themselves as justificatory tools for their own actions. In this chapter, Maria Grahn-Farley develops the concept of human rights justifications, referring to…
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Protective Measures or Intrusive Surveillance? Electronic Monitoring of Children in Sweden
In Sweden, a new legislative proposal is currently under consideration: allowing social services to use electronic ankle monitoring on children as young as 13. Framed as a measure to protect children and prevent harmful behaviour, the proposal raises difficult questions that reach far beyond one national context. Coordinator of HRJust, Maria Grahn-Farley has drafted the…
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Expert Panel Survey on Legal Experts, Hui-Chieh Su
As part of WP4 Taiwan’s civil society engagement, three expert surveys were conducted to assess how different professional communities evaluated Taiwan’s COVID-19 response. The surveys targeted legal professionals, medical service providers, and members of the local civic tech community. Each survey included questions on demographic background, general attitudes toward pandemic measures, and field-specific assessments. Taiwan…
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Expert Panel Survey on Healthcare Professionals, Yu-Ling Huang
As part of WP4 Taiwan’s civil society engagement, three expert surveys were conducted to examine how legal professionals, medical service providers, and civic tech communities evaluated Taiwan’s COVID-19 response. Each survey included demographic questions, general assessments of pandemic governance, and field-specific issues. One survey focused specifically on healthcare workers. Early in the pandemic, healthcare personnel…
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Expert Panel Survey on Civil Tech, Shun-Ling Chen
As part of WP4 Taiwan’s civil society engagement, three expert surveys were conducted to assess how legal professionals, healthcare providers, and civic tech communities evaluated Taiwan’s COVID-19 response. Each survey included demographic questions, general attitudes toward pandemic governance, and field-specific assessments. The civic tech survey focused on Taiwan’s extensive use of digital tools for pandemic…
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