Reports and Books

To Liberate or Not to Liberate? Islam, Universalism & Human Rights

A presentation by Arzu Merali dealing with the problems of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights from a Muslim perspective. Download the report here. The paper by Arzu Merali was presented at the one day conference, ‘Concepts of Human Rights: Islamic and Western Perspectives.’ In

The Religion of Human Rights

Saeed Bahmanpour sets out the dilemma faced by most people who are faithful to God and at the same time want to make sure that the basic rights of human individuals are safeguarded.  He argues that the discourse of human rights has become ‘the religion

The Legal Case Against Ariel Sharon

The implications of the Belgian Court of Cassation’s rulings. This report was written before the Belgian Senate approved the new version of Belgium’s war crimes law which dropped the ‘universal competence’ clause. Read the report here. On 12th February 2003, the Court of Cassation, the