Property rights, argued one commentator, were a "core human right" that could not be taken away by democracy.But as the Legal Daily noted this week, democracies could tamper with property rights by imposing taxes.
Abandoning network neutrality, European Digital Rights and other net-advocacy groups wrote in an open letter to EU officials, means abandoning a core human right: "the freedom to impart and receive information without interference".Industry insiders, network engineers and some economists say this is scaremongering.
In the U.S. case, it's over health care, which is also a core human right.
The right to decide whether to have children, how many to have, and when to have them is a core human right for women everywhere, and having the option of a full range of contraceptive methods ensures that this right can be upheld.
There should be a return to core human rights values that have been central to British life, she says.
Uganda is a party to the core human rights treaties and has generally had a good track record of cooperation with the various international human rights mechanisms.
This course examines core human rights issues and concepts from a comparative and historical perspective.
A vital Hong Kong, able to perform its role as China's international financial center, requires a government willing to represent Hong Kong and guard its core human rights and rule-of-law values.
As Rebecca MacKinnon writes in Foreign Policy, many voices remain unrepresented in discussions about internet policy setting, particularly the poor and marginalized, and the development of rules, even in a so-called multi-stakeholder setting, must be premised by core human rights principles.
"There is evidence that some governments are now introducing measures that may erode core human rights safeguards," Mr. Ndiaye said.
