Human Rights Standards between Recognition, Confirmation, Affirmation and Change

Au-Hwa Chen; Eibe Riedel; Lukas Romberg

doi:10.5771/9783415078598

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Edition: 1/2026
Copyright Year: 2026
ISBN-Print: 978-3-415-07858-1
ISBN-Online: 978-3-415-07859-8
Publisher: Boorberg, Stuttgart/München
Series: Schriften zum öffentlichen, europäischen und internationalen Recht
Language: German
Pages: 236
Product Type: Monograph

1. Table of content No access
2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS No access
Introduction No access Pages 15 - 20
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1. 1. 1. In the Irish Senate No access
  2. 2. Cases in Court No access
  3. 3. Participation in Public Life No access
2. 1. 1. 1997 Reform Package of Kofi Annan: The Holistic Nature of Human Rights No access
  2. 2. Embedding Human Rights Within Local Culture No access
  3. 3. The Global Compact on Business and Human Rights No access
3. 1. 1. Global Warming: Climate Justice Approach No access
  2. 2. Geopolitical Segregation: Challenges to the Values of Human Rights No access
  3. 3. Domination of Social Media No access
4. IV. Concluding Remarks No access
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1. I. Introduction No access
2. II. The evolution of the women’s movement in Taiwan: Awakening of women’s awareness No access
3. III. Revision of laws from the private to the public sphere No access
4. IV. Peng Wanru’s Case: Transforming women’s movement to national system No access
5. V. Signing CEDAW to align with international standards No access
6. VI. The long road to the same sex marriage No access
7. VII. Current challenges No access
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1. 1. 1. The Historical Setting of LGBTIQ+ Rights No access
  2. 2. Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity No access
  3. 3. Yogyakarta Principles No access
  4. 4. Non-Discrimination and Specific Human Rights Relating to LGBT and the Practice of UN Bodies No access
  5. 1. a) Germany No access
    2. b) European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) No access
    3. c) European Union Law No access
    4. d) Taiwan No access
2. II. The Legal Position of Transgender People No access
3. III. Conclusion No access
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1. I. Introduction No access
2. 1. 1. The quest for same-sex marriage legislation No access
  2. 2. The concept of equality for LGBTQ+ people in the Constitutional Court No access
3. 1. 1. “Forced coming out” and the problem of a comparator No access
  2. 2. Evolving conceptions of gender equality and the need for an Equality Act No access
4. IV. Conclusion No access
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1. I. Introduction: Legal and policy contexts of reproductive rights No access
2. II. Intersectional discrimination against women with disabilities No access
3. 1. 1. Before 2014: Disabled women as a “category” of disadvantage No access
  2. 2. Turning point: The CEDAW and CRPD review in 2014 and 2017 No access
  3. 3. “Intersectionality” being highlighted: The CRPD review in 2021 No access
  4. 4. Intersectional concerns voiced through SRH rights monitoring No access
4. IV. Concluding remarks No access
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1. I. Introduction No access
2. 1. 1. a) Core Principles and Values of the CRPD No access
    2. b) Accessible Community Services for PWDs: The Implementation of CRPD Core Values No access
  2. 1. a) The Impact of Capitalist Exploitation on the Global South No access
    2. b) CRPD and the Social Model May Not Be Universally Applicable No access
  3. 1. a) Social Disability vs. Social Suffering No access
    2. b) Individual Rights vs. Collective Rights No access
    3. c) Universal Welfare vs. Anti-Welfare Colonialism No access
    4. d) The Challenges of Implementing CRPD in Indigenous Peoples No access
  4. 4. Indigenous Peoples and the Implementation of the CRPD in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand No access
  5. 5. CRPD-Implementation in Taiwan’s Indigenous Peoples No access
3. 1. 1. Secondary Data Analysis No access
  2. 2. Qualitative Interviews No access
4. 1. 1. a) The Impact of Capitalism and Colonialism on Indigenous Disadvantage No access
    2. b) The Absence of Community Services in Atayal Peoples in Yilan No access
    3. c) The Main Causes of Acquired Disabilities: Beyond the Social Model—The Experience of Social Suffering in Indigenous Peoples No access
    4. d) Disabilities Caused by Illness No access
    5. e) Disabilities Caused by Traffic Accidents No access
    6. f) Mental Disabilities and Substance Abuse No access
    7. g) Alcohol Consumption and Strokes No access
    8. h) A Tribe Lacking Support: Social Exclusion Beyond the Concept of Social Barriers? No access
    9. i) Inconvenient Transportation and Lack of Resources No access
    10. j) Interrupted Education No access
    11. k) Informal Labor and Poverty No access
    12. l) Family Separation and Social Isolation No access
  2. 1. a) Compassion vs. CRPD’s Concept of Social Barriers No access
    2. b) The Use of the Term “Disabled”: Does Language Matter? No access
  3. 1. a) Western Community Services vs. The Needs of Atayal Persons with Disabilities No access
    2. b) “As Long as Family Is Here, We Don’t Need Outside Help” No access
    3. c) Survival First: Financial Aid Over Services No access
5. 1. 1. Perceptions of Social Discrimination and Barriers Among Atayal Persons with Disabilities No access
  2. 2. Social Suffering as a Primary “Disabling” Factor No access
  3. 3. Limited Priority for Accessibility to CRPD Community Services No access
  4. 4. Indigeneity and Poverty Outweigh Disability-Related Inconveniences No access
  5. 5. Tailoring CRPD Implementation to Indigenous Contexts No access
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1. I. Introduction No access
2. 1. 1. Numbers and Facts No access
  2. 2. Reasons for Evictions No access
  3. 3. Impact on Human Rights No access
3. III. The Right to Housing in (Inter)national Law No access
4. IV. General Comments as a Cornerstone No access
5. 1. 1. Implementation of the Optional Protocol No access
  2. 2. Right to Housing as a Core Competence of the CESCR No access
  3. 1. a) The State as the Duty-Bearer Under the Covenant No access
    2. b) Concretization of the Requirements for a Lawful Eviction Towards a Proportionality Test No access
    3. c) Adequate Alternative Housing and Procedural Requirements No access
6. VI. General Comment No. 26 and (the Right to) Land No access
7. 1. 1. Lack of Data No access
  2. 2. The Enforceability Problem No access
8. VIII. Conclusion No access
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1. I. Introduction No access
2. II. The Case of Bo Yang and the Challenges it Posed to Taiwan’s Transitional Justice No access
3. III. The Significance of a Holistic Approach to Transitional Justice as Underscored by the UN No access
4. IV. The Misreading of a Holistic Approach by the Commission and its Impact on the Concluding Report No access
5. V. Challenges of Taiwan’s Transitional Justice No access
6. VI. Concluding Remarks No access
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1. I. Introduction No access
2. 1. 1. Creation of the Transitional Justice Commission No access
  2. 2. Follow-up Mechanisms Since 2022 No access
3. 1. 1. 1. aa) Political archive collection and public access No access
      2. bb) Handling of authoritarian symbols No access
      3. cc) Preservation of sites of injustice No access
      4. dd) Rectification of judicial injustices No access
    2. b) Follow-Up Mechanism No access
    3. c) Impact of the Incorporation of International Human Rights Laws on Transitional Justice No access
  2. 1. a) Institutional Challenges No access
    2. b) Insufficient Involvement of the National Human Rights Commission and Civil Society No access
    3. c) Lack of Women’s Presence No access
    4. d) Lack of Social Dialogue No access
4. IV. Conclusion No access
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1. I. Introduction No access
2. II. Conceptual Framework and Methodology No access
3. 1. 1. System Opposition vs Anti-System (Real) Opposition No access
  2. 2. Dismantling of the Free Press No access
  3. 3. The Foreign Agent Label Against NGOs No access
  4. 4. The 2013 Russian Anti-LGBTQ+ Law as a Model for Hungary No access
  5. 5. Attacks on Academic Freedom and University Autonomy No access
4. IV. Making It Hard for the Rivals: Resisting Autocratic Forces No access
5. V. Nontraditional Representative Tasks No access
6. VI. Conclusions: Oppositional Parliamentary Activities in an Autocratic System in Light of International Human Rights Standards No access
K. Concluding remarks No access Pages 229 - 236