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Mediating Human Rights: Media, Culture and Human Rights Law
Oxon: Routledge (2015), xii, 180 pp.
"Drawing on social-legal, cultural and media theory, this book is one of the first to examine the media politics of human rights. It examines how the media construct the story of human rights, investigating what lies behind the apparent media hostility to human rights and what has become of the orig
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Journalism and Human Rights: How Demographics Drive Media Coverage
Lodon et al.: Routledge (2015), 166 pp.
"This book is the first collection of original research to explore links between demographics and media coverage of emerging human rights issues. It covers cross-national reporting on human trafficking, HIV/AIDS, water contamination, and child labour; and same-sex marriage, Guantanamo detainee right
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Eritrea: Von der Befreiung zur Unterdrückung
Hamburg: Evangelisches Missionswerk in Deutschland (EMW) (2015), 152 pp.
State of Evidence: The Economic Impact of a Human Rights-Based Internet
London: Global Partners Digital (2014), 30 pp.
"This paper takes four key policy issues for protecting human rights online - net neutrality; an absence of arbitrary online filtering and blocking; an absence of arbitrary surveillance; and protecting intermediaries from liability for user-generated content. For each policy area it summarises the t
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Guía mídia e direitos humanos
São Paulo: Intervozes (2014), 128 pp.
Manual para comunicadores/as comunitarios/as para entender las reformas legislativas en materia de derechos humanos, protección y telecomunicaciones
México, DF: AMARC World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (2014), 62 pp.
"El Manual tiene el propósito de presentar los contenidos principales de las recientes reformas normativas en estos temas con el objetivo de que las y los comunicadores cuenten con una herramienta de apoyo para su labor comunicativa y de difusión [...] La reforma constitucional en materia de derec
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"The right to freedom of expression and access to information falls within the category of civil and political rights. As an ‘empowering right’, it facilitates the implementation of other human rights such as the right to participation in political and public life. The ability to exercise this r
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Media Analysis of Albino Killings in Tanzania: A Social Work and Human Rights Perspective
Ethics and Social Welfare, volume 8, issue 2 (2014), pp. 117-134
"Murders of people with albinism are a recently emerging human rights issue in Africa, particularly Tanzania. Thus far, public debates about albino killings in Tanzania and other African countries have been dominated by media reports rather than academic writing. This paper presents the findings of
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Speak Up, Speak Out: A Toolkit for Reporting on Human Rights Issues
Key Guides
Washington, DC; Arcata, Calif.: Internews (2012), viii, 174 pp.
"This publication is both a human rights reference guide and a workbook. It draws on a variety of research, training, and experience - especially that of the United Nations (UN) and the International Centre for War and Peace Reporting. Section 1 on "Human rights knowledge" introduces human rights, t
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DR Kongo: Eine Bilanz der Gewalt
Aachen: Missio (2012), 132 pp.
Human Rights Journalism: Advances in Reporting Distant Humanitarian Interventions
Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xvi, 281 pp.
"Shaw argues that journalism should focus on deconstructing the underlying structural and cultural causes of political violence such as poverty, famine and human trafficking, and play a proactive (preventative), rather than reactive (prescriptive) role in humanitarian intervention." (Publisher descr
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Media, Mobilization, and Human Rights: Mediating Suffering
London; New York: Zed Books (2012), viii, 251 pp.
"Turning a critical eye on existing scholarship, which argues either that viewing and reading about violence can serve as a force for good (through increased activism) or as a source of evil (by objectifying and exploiting the victims of violence), the authors argue that reality is far more complex,
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Sala de redacción: Guía práctica de periodismo y derechos humanos
La Paz: Fundación para el Periodismo (2012), 178 pp.
Menschenrechte: Ein interdisziplinäres Handbuch
Stuttgart; Weimar: Metzler (2012), xiv, 466 pp.
"Die politische Bedeutung der Menschenrechte nimmt rasant zu. Zugleich wächst die Nachfrage nach wissenschaftlicher Klärung. Ob über Kriege, innere Sicherheit oder Folter diskutiert wird, ob es um Flüchtlinge, Armut, Umweltzerstörung oder den Kampf von Nicht-Regierungsorganisationen gegen Unrec
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"In step with United Nations efforts to further promote universal standards and better protect people against human rights violations, this publication of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights provides practical guidance for the development of quantitative and qualitati
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"Considerable attention has been focused on the opportunities presented by new information and communication technologies for development (“ICT4D”) and for government (“ICT4GOV”). The purpose of this report is to analyze their impact on human rights (“ICT4HR”). As Philip Alston, the form
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Blasphemy Laws and Pakistan's Human Rights Obligations
University of Notre Dame Australia Law Review (UNDALR), volume 14 (2012), pp. 25-54
"Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are criticised for being discriminatory against religious minorities and inconsistent with human rights standards. There have been attempts in the past to amend these laws. However, after protests by religious parties, each of these attempts failed. In 2011 the debate to
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Cameras Everywhere: Current Challenges and Opportunities at the Intersection of Human Rights, Video and Technology
New York: Witness (2011), 35 pp.
"[...] Technology is enabling the public, especially young people, to become human rights activists. With the global distribution of mobile phones, our original dream of getting cameras to the world is being realized and with that come incredible opportunities. Activists, developers, technology comp
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Human Rights and Media
Bingley: Emerald Publishing (2011), xiv, 223 pp.
"Volume 6 on Human Rights and Media introduces and analyzes the significant relationship and discourse of human rights and media. As agenda setters, framers and integral actors in human rights movements, various forms of media are analyzed by the contributing authors. News media, the press, televisi
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