Wednesday, February 4, 2009

New Issue: International Journal of Human Rights

The latest issue of the International Journal of Human Rights (Vol. 12, no. 6, 2008) is out. Contents include:
  • Millenium Development Goals and Human Rights
    • Cathal Doyle, Introduction: Millennium Development Goals and human rights: in common cause or uneasy partners?
    • Joshua Castellino, The MDGs and international human rights law: a view from the perspective of minorities and vulnerable groups
    • Elvira Domnguez Redondo, The Millennium Development Goals and the human rights based approach: reflecting on structural chasms with the United Nations system
    • Cathal Doyle, Indigenous peoples and the Millennium Development Goals - 'sacrificial lambs' or equal beneficiaries?
    • Guido Schmidt-Traub, The Millennium Development Goals and human rights-based approaches: moving towards a shared approach
    • Magdalena Seplveda Carmona, The obligations of 'international assistance and cooperation' under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. A possible entry point to a human rights based approach to Millennium Development Goal 8