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The proposed #UKGov #PIP Law actually appears to be unlawful!

‘The legal opinion says: “there can be no doubt that the reforms are regressive in #HumanRights terms. Therefore, in accordance with the principle of non-retrogression, they are presumed to be prohibited under #UNCRPD, #ICESCR and #UNCRC. Accordingly, the burden falls on the Government to show that despite the regressive nature of the reforms, they are complying with their obligations under the Treaties.”’

https://www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/welfare-reforms-breach-international-law-says-new-expert-legal-opinion

https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/17708289

#ICESCR

#ratifyicescr #humanrights #unudhr

https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/17662154

#ICESCR #ratifyicescr

#humanrights #selfdetermination #unudhr

Should the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights ( #ICESCR ) be made legally binding in the #unitedstates ?

Australia is the only Western democracy that does not have a national Human Rights Act, but this may be about to change.

"It’s more than 40 years since Australia ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)...Incorporating these treaties into a Federal Human Rights Act would bring us into line with all other western democracies who have implemented agreed global norms."
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https://theconversation.com/an-inquiry-has-recommended-australia-legislate-a-human-rights-act-heres-why-we-need-one-229387
#HumanRights #Australia #law #ICESCR #ICCPR #rights #environment #democracy

New article: "The Ambivalent Status of Socio-Economic Rights in Human Rights-Based Approaches to Development", by Padraig McAuliffe, just published #openaccess in the Nordic Journal of Human Rights.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/18918131.2022.2135817
#hrba
#humanrights
#development
#socioeconomicrights
#icescr

Foreign #Interference in #elections may not only violate the principle of sovereign equality among states but also the right to #SelfDetermination, argues Philipp Rothkirch (MPIL Heidelberg). #ICCPR #ICESCR https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/foreign-election-interference/