Rhona Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 5799609 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rhona Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rhona |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northumbria University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5199-0046 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Advancing human rights in a post-Brexit era: Global Britain or wavering Britain
The United Kingdom (UK) has traditionally exerted significant influence on the global human rights agenda through its diplomacy in multilateral human rights forums. This influence, stemming from the UK’s geopolitical standing, its membership of the European Union (EU) and the perception that the UK is a strong supporter and advocate of human rights, has been utilised to advance its own human rights priorities and influence the activities of other…
States of Denial: Rationalising UK Government Responses to UN Special Procedures
The ‘Pacific way’ of responding to the Covid-19 pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has required those that are most vulnerable to protect themselves as best they can. This includes vulnerable states, among which are the island states of the Pacific, where resources to fight the pandemic are severely limited. Recognising the need to act quickly, Pacific island states closed borders, restricted travel and implemented ostensibly draconian measures. Examining some of these measures in the context of the cou…
Navigating Human Rights in a ‘Post-Human Rights’ Era: Mapping the Terrain through the Lens of asean States
International human rights law and mechanisms tasked with promoting state compliance with it are being increasingly challenged. Opposition is originating from, amongst others, countries that have historically supported the global human rights project. These new trends and sites of contestation bolster opposition from other countries and regions that have consistently diverged from international human rights norms. Examining the relationship betwe…
Texts and Materials on International Human Rights
Texts and Materials on International Human Rights offers a carefully tailored overview of the subject that covers sources and theories, institutions and structures, and substantive rights. The fourth edition is fully updated to include all key developments in the law, in particular issues around reform in the UN and the topical application of human rights around the world. This collection of materials offers a comprehensive overview of the instit…
Brexiting human rights diplomacy at the United Nations Human Rights Council: Opportunity or cause for concern
In recent years, the United Kingdom’s influence in multilateral human rights diplomacy has stemmed from its ability to advance its own priorities independently while contemporaneously shaping the collective concerns championed by the European Union. This paper explores the ways in which Brexit may change this state of play. Based on analysis of contributions made at the interactive dialogue sessions at the United Nations Human Rights Council, the…
Research Methods in Human Rights
Research Methods in Human Rights introduces the reader to key methodological approaches to Human Rights research in a clear and accessible way. Drawing on the expertise of a panel of contributors, the text clearly explains the key theories and methods commonly used in Human Rights research and provides guidance on when each approach is appropriate. It addresses such approaches to Human Rights research as qualitative methods, quantitative analysis…
When is a Child not a Child and Other Questions—A Commonwealth-wide Overview
Although international human rights instruments assume a universalism of application and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is one of the most ratified instruments in the world and therefore most likely to have global if not universal application, in fact understandings of childhood and definitions of ‘child’ or ‘children’ are very variable not just in different social and cultural contexts but in laws as well. This creates …
Realising the Right to Health for Young People in South Africa—Some Reflections
The right to health is enshrined in the South African Constitution as well as a range of international and regional human rights treaties which South Africa accepts. Yet empirical data reveals some of the challenges faced by South African youth—childhood diseases, HIV/AIDS and such like. There are evidently challenges realising the right to health in practice. Nevertheless, South African courts have led the international field in recognising the …
Textbook on International Human Rights
1. Introduction 2. Historical background 3. The United Nations 4. The International Bill of Human Rights 5. The United Nations - organizational structure 6. Regional protection of human rights 7. Europe 8. The Americas 9. Africa 10. Monitoring, implementing, and enforcing human rights 11. Substantive rights - general comments 12. Equality and non-discrimination 13. The right to life 14. Freedom from torture: cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatmen…
Human Rights and the Universal Periodic Review: Rituals and Ritualism
Human Rights and the Universal Periodic Review: Rituals and Ritualism." Nordic Journal of Human Rights, 33(4), pp. 392–393
Embedding Research in the Human Rights Law Curriculum: Reflections on the Teaching-Research Link in Higher Education
Human rights education is about more than simply conveying knowledge; rather it follows the head–heart–hands (or sometimes feet) model with the role of education being to ensure understanding and knowledge (head), change of attitude (heart), and the development of the skills to do something with the knowledge (hands/feet). In the higher education sector, this presents some challenges, and requires alteration to more traditional models of teaching…
The Third Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child? – Challenges Arising Transforming the Rhetoric into Reality
A third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child completes the raft of international mechanisms for ensuring children’s rights. However, it also raises unique problems particular to children as rights’ holders and putative rights’ enforcers. For example, children may not know of their rights, they may lack the necessary capacity to initiate enforcement actions and they may encounter problems should they perceive their rights…
Towards the Rule of Law's Human Rights Requirements in Commonwealth States: Selected Observations
There are many interpretations of the rule of law. Transforming from a ‘thin’ to ‘thicker’ conceptualisation means infusing ‘quality’ and ‘goodness’ to the laws of the State. Accordingly, this centres attention on aspects of adherence to international human rights, the focus of this article. Drawing on the literature linking rule of law with human rights, a preliminary evaluation of the extent to which Commonwealth States appear to respect this ‘…
More of the Same or Something Different? Preliminary Observations on the Contribution of Universal Periodic Review with Reference to the Chinese Experience
Using the People's Republic of China as a case study, this paper will consider the extent to which the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review process consolidates and reinforces the pre-existing treaty-monitoring system of the United Nations. Is universal periodic review simply more of the same (comments on a self-evaluation report submitted by the State, the rigor being erratic); or is the process something different, either more or le…
The possibilities of an independent special rapporteur scheme
The independence and impartiality of the special rapporteurs1 Note the term rapporteur is used herewith for consistency within this edition. Many of the UN documents use ‘special procedures’ as a more generic nomenclature which includes special rapporteurs, independent experts, working groups, etc. is undoubtedly one of considerable importance to their work. In the context of the special procedures operating under the auspices of the Human Rights…
Religion and education: A human rights dilemma illustrated by the recent ‘headscarf cases’
Education and religion are indelibly linked: cultural precepts underpin education policies within the formal State education system, while education has a clear role to play in promoting tolerance. Clashes between religious beliefs and secular education pose problems for states as the current array of jurisprudence, particularly on Islamic dress in educational institutes, corroborates. This article will discuss the ‘headscarf cases’ in an interna…
Hatton v. United Kingdom
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Lustig-Prean & Beckett v. United Kingdom; Smith & Grady v. United Kingdom
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Embedding Research in the Human Rights Law Curriculum: Reflections on the Teaching-Research Link in Higher Education
Human rights education is about more than simply conveying knowledge; rather it follows the head–heart–hands (or sometimes feet) model with the role of education being to ensure understanding and knowledge (head), change of attitude (heart), and the development of the skills to do something with the knowledge (hands/feet). In the higher education sector, this presents some challenges, and requires alteration to more traditional models of teaching…
The possibilities of an independent special rapporteur scheme
The independence and impartiality of the special rapporteurs1 Note the term rapporteur is used herewith for consistency within this edition. Many of the UN documents use ‘special procedures’ as a more generic nomenclature which includes special rapporteurs, independent experts, working groups, etc. is undoubtedly one of considerable importance to their work. In the context of the special procedures operating under the auspices of the Human Rights…
Advancing human rights in a post-Brexit era: Global Britain or wavering Britain
The United Kingdom (UK) has traditionally exerted significant influence on the global human rights agenda through its diplomacy in multilateral human rights forums. This influence, stemming from the UK’s geopolitical standing, its membership of the European Union (EU) and the perception that the UK is a strong supporter and advocate of human rights, has been utilised to advance its own human rights priorities and influence the activities of other…
The ‘Pacific way’ of responding to the Covid-19 pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has required those that are most vulnerable to protect themselves as best they can. This includes vulnerable states, among which are the island states of the Pacific, where resources to fight the pandemic are severely limited. Recognising the need to act quickly, Pacific island states closed borders, restricted travel and implemented ostensibly draconian measures. Examining some of these measures in the context of the cou…
The Third Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child? – Challenges Arising Transforming the Rhetoric into Reality
A third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child completes the raft of international mechanisms for ensuring children’s rights. However, it also raises unique problems particular to children as rights’ holders and putative rights’ enforcers. For example, children may not know of their rights, they may lack the necessary capacity to initiate enforcement actions and they may encounter problems should they perceive their rights…
Religion and education: A human rights dilemma illustrated by the recent ‘headscarf cases’
Education and religion are indelibly linked: cultural precepts underpin education policies within the formal State education system, while education has a clear role to play in promoting tolerance. Clashes between religious beliefs and secular education pose problems for states as the current array of jurisprudence, particularly on Islamic dress in educational institutes, corroborates. This article will discuss the ‘headscarf cases’ in an interna…
Lustig-Prean & Beckett v. United Kingdom; Smith & Grady v. United Kingdom
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Hatton v. United Kingdom
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Religion and education: A human rights dilemma illustrated by the recent ‘headscarf cases’
Education and religion are indelibly linked: cultural precepts underpin education policies within the formal State education system, while education has a clear role to play in promoting tolerance. Clashes between religious beliefs and secular education pose problems for states as the current array of jurisprudence, particularly on Islamic dress in educational institutes, corroborates. This article will discuss the ‘headscarf cases’ in an interna…
More of the Same or Something Different? Preliminary Observations on the Contribution of Universal Periodic Review with Reference to the Chinese Experience
Using the People's Republic of China as a case study, this paper will consider the extent to which the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review process consolidates and reinforces the pre-existing treaty-monitoring system of the United Nations. Is universal periodic review simply more of the same (comments on a self-evaluation report submitted by the State, the rigor being erratic); or is the process something different, either more or le…
The possibilities of an independent special rapporteur scheme
The independence and impartiality of the special rapporteurs1 Note the term rapporteur is used herewith for consistency within this edition. Many of the UN documents use ‘special procedures’ as a more generic nomenclature which includes special rapporteurs, independent experts, working groups, etc. is undoubtedly one of considerable importance to their work. In the context of the special procedures operating under the auspices of the Human Rights…
Towards the Rule of Law's Human Rights Requirements in Commonwealth States: Selected Observations
There are many interpretations of the rule of law. Transforming from a ‘thin’ to ‘thicker’ conceptualisation means infusing ‘quality’ and ‘goodness’ to the laws of the State. Accordingly, this centres attention on aspects of adherence to international human rights, the focus of this article. Drawing on the literature linking rule of law with human rights, a preliminary evaluation of the extent to which Commonwealth States appear to respect this ‘…
Embedding Research in the Human Rights Law Curriculum: Reflections on the Teaching-Research Link in Higher Education
Human rights education is about more than simply conveying knowledge; rather it follows the head–heart–hands (or sometimes feet) model with the role of education being to ensure understanding and knowledge (head), change of attitude (heart), and the development of the skills to do something with the knowledge (hands/feet). In the higher education sector, this presents some challenges, and requires alteration to more traditional models of teaching…
The Third Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child? – Challenges Arising Transforming the Rhetoric into Reality
A third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child completes the raft of international mechanisms for ensuring children’s rights. However, it also raises unique problems particular to children as rights’ holders and putative rights’ enforcers. For example, children may not know of their rights, they may lack the necessary capacity to initiate enforcement actions and they may encounter problems should they perceive their rights…
Textbook on International Human Rights
1. Introduction 2. Historical background 3. The United Nations 4. The International Bill of Human Rights 5. The United Nations - organizational structure 6. Regional protection of human rights 7. Europe 8. The Americas 9. Africa 10. Monitoring, implementing, and enforcing human rights 11. Substantive rights - general comments 12. Equality and non-discrimination 13. The right to life 14. Freedom from torture: cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatmen…
Human Rights and the Universal Periodic Review: Rituals and Ritualism
Human Rights and the Universal Periodic Review: Rituals and Ritualism." Nordic Journal of Human Rights, 33(4), pp. 392–393
When is a Child not a Child and Other Questions—A Commonwealth-wide Overview
Although international human rights instruments assume a universalism of application and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is one of the most ratified instruments in the world and therefore most likely to have global if not universal application, in fact understandings of childhood and definitions of ‘child’ or ‘children’ are very variable not just in different social and cultural contexts but in laws as well. This creates …
Realising the Right to Health for Young People in South Africa—Some Reflections
The right to health is enshrined in the South African Constitution as well as a range of international and regional human rights treaties which South Africa accepts. Yet empirical data reveals some of the challenges faced by South African youth—childhood diseases, HIV/AIDS and such like. There are evidently challenges realising the right to health in practice. Nevertheless, South African courts have led the international field in recognising the …
Research Methods in Human Rights
Research Methods in Human Rights introduces the reader to key methodological approaches to Human Rights research in a clear and accessible way. Drawing on the expertise of a panel of contributors, the text clearly explains the key theories and methods commonly used in Human Rights research and provides guidance on when each approach is appropriate. It addresses such approaches to Human Rights research as qualitative methods, quantitative analysis…
Texts and Materials on International Human Rights
Texts and Materials on International Human Rights offers a carefully tailored overview of the subject that covers sources and theories, institutions and structures, and substantive rights. The fourth edition is fully updated to include all key developments in the law, in particular issues around reform in the UN and the topical application of human rights around the world. This collection of materials offers a comprehensive overview of the instit…
Brexiting human rights diplomacy at the United Nations Human Rights Council: Opportunity or cause for concern
In recent years, the United Kingdom’s influence in multilateral human rights diplomacy has stemmed from its ability to advance its own priorities independently while contemporaneously shaping the collective concerns championed by the European Union. This paper explores the ways in which Brexit may change this state of play. Based on analysis of contributions made at the interactive dialogue sessions at the United Nations Human Rights Council, the…
Navigating Human Rights in a ‘Post-Human Rights’ Era: Mapping the Terrain through the Lens of asean States
International human rights law and mechanisms tasked with promoting state compliance with it are being increasingly challenged. Opposition is originating from, amongst others, countries that have historically supported the global human rights project. These new trends and sites of contestation bolster opposition from other countries and regions that have consistently diverged from international human rights norms. Examining the relationship betwe…
States of Denial: Rationalising UK Government Responses to UN Special Procedures
The ‘Pacific way’ of responding to the Covid-19 pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has required those that are most vulnerable to protect themselves as best they can. This includes vulnerable states, among which are the island states of the Pacific, where resources to fight the pandemic are severely limited. Recognising the need to act quickly, Pacific island states closed borders, restricted travel and implemented ostensibly draconian measures. Examining some of these measures in the context of the cou…
Advancing human rights in a post-Brexit era: Global Britain or wavering Britain
The United Kingdom (UK) has traditionally exerted significant influence on the global human rights agenda through its diplomacy in multilateral human rights forums. This influence, stemming from the UK’s geopolitical standing, its membership of the European Union (EU) and the perception that the UK is a strong supporter and advocate of human rights, has been utilised to advance its own human rights priorities and influence the activities of other…
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