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Title: Mediterranean Human Rights Review : volume 1 Authors: Zammit, David E.; Mifsud, Ivan Abstract: Table of contents: 1/ AQUILINA, K. - Foreword : initial issue of the Mediterranean Human Rights Review -- 2/ MIFSUD, I., & ZAMMIT, D. E. - Editorial -- 3/ CALLUS, A. M., & CAMILLERI-ZAHRA, A. - ‘Nothing about us without us’ : disabled people determining their human rights through the UNCRPD -- 4/ GRECH, J., & GRECH, C. - The promotion of a human rights culture in Malta through adequate implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights -- 5/ ZURABISHVILI, T., & ZURABISHVILI, T. - Lack of “human rights culture” and weakness of institutional protection of human rights in the South Caucasus -- 6/ KISUNAITE, A. - Creating national human rights institution in Lithuania : theoretical and practical lessons -- 7/ VELLA, K. - A comparative study of existing human rights bodies : an examination of the South African, French, Scottish and English bodies for equality and human rights -- 8/ QUADRANTI, I. - Protecting and promoting human rights in Italy : what has become of the proposal of a national and independent commission for human rights? -- 9/ PAIS, S. O. - National human rights institutions in the EU : Spanish and Portuguese experiences -- 10/ SUBAN, R., & ZAMMIT, D. E. - Promoting the integration of third-country nationals through the labour market : combating discrimination in employment : the case of third-country nationals in Malta -- 11/ XERRI, K. - The need for stronger awareness of housing rights in Malta -- 12/ DE GAETANO, V. A. - Reflections on freedom of religion and conscience : article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights -- 13/ NORIEGA RODRIGUEZ, L. - The legal framework for the protection of minors under Spanish state legislation -- 14/ BORG COSTANZI, E. - Towards a robust human rights & equality framework : scoping consultation.

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Title: Editorial [Mediterranean Human Rights Review : vol. 1] Abstract: For a long time there was a tendency within Maltese legal circles to regard the ratification by Malta of the European Convention of Human Rights, subsequently followed up by the granting of access to the Strasbourg Court to ordinary individuals in Malta, as representing the ultimate panacea for human rights protection. It was thought that human rights had been placed on extremely solid foundations, given the comprehensive coverage afforded by the Convention, particularly when read together with the Maltese Constitution and also when keeping in mind the eagle eyed scrutiny with which cases of potential human rights breaches would be scrutinised by a range of legal professionals with a view to opening and winning a case in Strasbourg. In human rights, as in other fields of law, time does not stand still. The conference, the proceedings of which constitute the bulk of this first issue of the Mediterranean Human Rights Review, was based upon the insight that reliance upon supra-national protective systems is not per se sufficient to ensure an adequate and comprehensive protection of Human Rights. This is particularly the case in Malta, where a dualist understanding of the impact of International treaties upon domestic legislation, coupled with a Mixed legal system which combines linguistic/legal hybridity, an eclectic understanding of the sources of law and a rather compartmentalised understanding of the relationship between different legal sectors tends to complicate the process of accessing a human rights remedy. The complication can be readily understood if one keeps in mind that as a rule access to the (exceptional) human rights remedy – which in turn is understood mainly through a Common law lens given the British colonial origins of Maltese Public law- is only granted internally once proof is brought that no ordinary Private law remedy (under a Civil Code based on the Code Napoleon system) was available to the victim. When one throws into the mix the rule by which the Strasbourg Court proceeds, that it will not grant access to the Court if it is shown that an effective remedy exists under the domestic law of the State in question, it becomes evident that it remains important to examine the institutional structures which exist at sub-National and National levels and which aim to protect Human Rights within the Nation-State system itself. [excerpt from the Editorial]

2019-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/57057 2020-06-07T05:18:31Z 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Initial issue of the Mediterranean Human Rights Review [editorial] Abstract: The Faculty of Laws at the University of Malta has been publishing its own journal since 1996. It was in 2014 that we issued the last edition of the Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights. David E. Zammit, Head of Department of Civil Law, had served as its general editor throughout the period 1996 to 2014. This latter journal was published in print format. Now that we have discontinued its publication, the Faculty Board of Laws has decided to revamp its Faculty journal and publish instead a Mediterranean Human Rights Review. We still thought that the focus of the Faculty’s journal should continue to remain Human Rights in the Mediterranean, though we are still receptive to contributions on human rights from other regions of the world as we aim to place human rights within a wider comparative context. With an open access electronic journal it is hoped to avoid the pitfalls of the previous journal – lack of visibility by the international community and a lack of foreign contributions. Naturally an online journal contributes to cutting down on costs and making the Review readily available for inspection and downloading by the whole international academic community with a keen interest in the evolution of human rights law in the Mediterranean region. [excerpt from the Editorial]

2019-01-01T00:00:00Z Callus, Anne-Marie Camilleri-Zahra, Amy /library/oar/handle/123456789/56964 2025-06-27T09:05:26Z 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: ‘Nothing about us without us’ : disabled people determining their human rights through the UNCRPD Authors: Callus, Anne-Marie; Camilleri-Zahra, Amy Abstract: The human rights and fundamental freedoms of disabled persons are set out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). This paper firstly focuses on the importance of the involvement of disabled people at all levels of decision-making. The second part of the paper identifies those aspects of the UNCRPD that reflect the direct involvement of disabled people. Finally, it considers how human rights bodies can best build on this specific aspect of the UNCRPD in order to realize the potential of the Convention as a determining factor in affirming disabled people rights in an effective and meaningful manner.

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