Human Rights after 75 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Borhan Uddin Khan, Ph.D., School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, is currently a Professor in the Department of Law, University of Dhaka and also an advisor and adjunct Professor in the Department of Law, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB). His recently coedited book publication is: Human Rights and International Criminal Law (Brill/Nijhoff, 2022).Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan, Ph.D., The University of Queensland, Australia, is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Law, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB). He is the co-editor of Human Rights and International Criminal Law (Brill/Nijhoff, 2022).

• Acronyms and AbbreviationsNotes on EditorsNotes on ContributorsPart 1Nature and Development of International Human Rights Law1 Seventy-Five Years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Reflections on Contemporary Discourse of Human Rights from the Global SouthBorhan Uddin Khan and Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan2 Development of International Human Rights Law after the Universal Declaration of Human RightsBorhan Uddin Khan and Jobair Alam3 Is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Truly Universal?Thamil Venthan Ananthavinayagan4 The Implementation and Enforcement of International Human Rights Law: Reflections on the Drafting History of the Universal Declaration of Human RightsAnthony T. CullenPart 2Interaction between Human Rights and Other Key Regimes5 Human Rights and International Trade: Making the wto Human Rights FriendlyM Rafiqul Islam6 Foreign Direct Investment and the Protection of Human Rights in the Host StatesNakib Muhammad Nasrullah7 Progressing by Minimising the Gap? Corporate Social Responsibility and Business and Human Rights Notions in the UN Initiatives for Human Rights in BusinessMia Mahmudur Rahim8 The Interconnection of Human Rights and Climate Change: Framing Climate Change Litigation from a Human Rights PerspectiveShawkat Alam9 Climate Change and Human Rights: Setting Loss and Damage in a ContextAbdullah Al Faruque10 Human Rights Paradox in the International Intellectual Property Regime: Setting the Pecking OrderMohammad Towhidul Islam and Sadman Rizwan Apurbo11 Refugee Protection and Human RightsÖzlem Gürakar Skribeland12 A ‘Brand-New’ Human Right at Work?: Implications of Incorporating a Safe and Healthy Working Environment into the ilo’s Fundamental Principles and Rights FrameworkBas Rombouts13 Shaping the Humanitarian Sphere: The Profound Influence of udhr on International Humanitarian LawSanoj Rajan14 Rape and Other Forms of Sexual Offences as International Crimes and the impact of Human Rights LawManjida Ahamed15 The Construction of Humanitarian Consent of Non-state Armed GroupsMatthias VanhullebuschPart 3Human Rights of Vulnerable Population16 Drawing Inspiration from the udhr: Lessons about Understanding the Role of Law in Protecting Minority RightsJoshua Castellino17 The udhr, and the Rise and Fall of Group Rights in International Human Rights LawMohammad Shahabuddin18 The udhr, Children’s Rights, and the Global SouthElvis Fokala, Laura Lundy, and Noam Peleg19 Women’s Rights and the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief: The Long Road to Addressing Sexual Discrimination and Gender InequalityMd Jahid Hossain BhuiyanPart 4Key Contemporary Challenges and Issues20 The Test of Human Rights in the Era of the covid-19 Pandemic: An Evaluation of Australian ResponsesTanzim Afroz, Haydn Rigby, Jamie Paterson and Mostafa Naser21 Harmonising Human Rights and Religion: State-Religion Identification in a Changing WorldBorhan Uddin Khan and Md. Al Ifran Hossain Mollah22 Nationality, Statelessness, and Human Rights: Does ‘Everyone’ Really Have the Right to Nationality under Article 15 of the udhr?Md Jobair Alam and Md Naimul Hasan23 udhr and Modern Slavery: Exploring the Vulnerability Approach to Address Migrants’ Slavery-Like SituationsJamal Barnes, Joshua Aston, Mostafa Naser and Tanzim Afroz24 Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights under Modern International Human Rights Law: Transformation of the Non-justiciable Moral Statement in the udhr to Justiciable RightsMuhammad Ekramul Haque25 Modern Discourses on the Nature of Human Rights: Towards a Relational NormativityMatthias VanhullebuschIndex