Do human rights really protect us? The evolution of the concept of human rights influenced by the work of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights by Max Silva Abbott

“…The existence of parallel legal orders and the relationship between national and international frameworks is discussed, unveiling potential challenges and an "infallibility complex" among human rights defenders. …”
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The Work of Art as Religious Enactment. Georges de la Tour’s The Repentant Magdalene by David Jasper

“…Cet essai porte sur La Madeleine repentante qui appartient à la collection de la National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.. Le tableau est abordé ici dans la tradition théologique du personnage de Marie-Madeleine et examiné en tant qu’œuvre où se joue le processus liturgique de repentance, confession puis expérience de l’absolution, ce qui permet à l’observateur de participer à ce processus. …”
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CRITICAL ARGUMENTS ABOUT READMISSION PRACTICES AND POLICIES BETWEEN EU AND TURKEY by Zühal Ünalp-çepel

“…As a third view, the policies of Turkey and the EU will be critically assessed from the perspectives of the international governmental organizations and non-governmental actors, namely the United Nations, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International through their regular reports. …”
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« Morale laïque » à l’école : de la tentation conservatrice à l’éducation du citoyen numérique by François Durpaire

“…The announcement that ‘secular morality’ will be taught in schools from the beginning of the 2013 school year places the country’s national education system at a crossroads between a return to the origins of the Third Republic and the opportunity to define a pedagogy adapted to contemporary citizens, living in an increasingly open world (‘village-terre’ from Michel Serres). …”
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Analyzing the attitudes of elite wrestlers related to the use of doping by Mine Koc, Mustafa Koc, Unal Turkcapar

“…Thestudygroup of theresearchincludedfreestyleandGreco-Roman (cadet, junior,andsenior) 180 Turkishwrestlers in 2013 wrestling World Championship National Team trainingcamps. Inordertomeasuretheattitudes of wrestlers, “TheAttitudeScaleRelatedtotheUse of Doping” developedbyŞapcı (2010) (3), and “Personal Information Form” developedby us wereused. …”
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Effect of chronic restraint stress on body weight of male Sprague Dawley rats by Sadia Moazzam, Irfan Afzal Mughal, Noor Ul Ain Irfan, Ilqa Attique, Fareeha Zaheer, Asma Irfan

“…Study design:  Experimental     Materials and Methods:  The study was conducted in  National  Institute  of  Health  (NIH),  Islamabad Sixty male Sprague Dawley rats (mean wt 250 ± 50 grams) were used and divided into 2 groups.   …”
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Land and power: the territorial claims of indigenous people in the Bolivian Amazon by Gabriela Canedo Vásquez

“…However, the territory has became one of the central demands of theindigenous organizations and so, allows them to position themselves politically in local and national stage. …”
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Hydrochemical Characteristics and Evaluation of Groundwater Quality of Tumkur Amanikere Lake Watershed, Karnataka, India by D. S. Rajendra Prasad, C. Sadashivaiah, G. Rangnna

“…The study area, Tumkur amanikere lake watershed, is located 0.5 km away from Tumkur Town on National Highway No.4. The main source of water for this lake is Kallur village tank catchment area. …”
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A review of population genetics and the prospects for crop improvement by Godswill Ntsomboh-Ntsefong, Gabriel Mahbou Somo Toukam, Benoit Constant Likeng-Li-Ngue, Kingsley Tabi Mbi, Seyum Getachew Essubalew, Mohammad Ali Shariati, Vesna Karapetkovska Hristova, Libert Brice Tonfack, Joseph Martin Bell, Emmanuel Youmbi

“…The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations emphasizes the importance of crop improvement in addressing global food security challenges and highlights the role of population genetics in improving crop yields, developing new varieties, and increasing the resilience of crops to environmental stressors. …”
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Des trésors cachés en danger. Études, reconnaissance et valorisation de l’architecture Nachkriegsmoderne (1945-1973) en Autriche by Solène Scherer

“…Although many have studied Fin-de-Siècle and Red Vienna (1919-1934) architectures and the authorities have included them in their list of national monuments, Nachkriegsmoderne (post-war modernity) architecture remains to be wholly studied or protected by the Austrian Bundesdenkmalamt (bda). …”
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El 3,6% del archivo fotográfico que colonizó el imaginario de una nación by Miguel Ángel Berumen

“…And, at the same time, it reveals that only a very small part of the Archives, 3,6%, has colonized the whole nation’s fancy.…”
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Unpacking digital ID systems' early policy process by David Eaves, Beatriz Vasconcellos, Matthew McNaughton, Giulia Lanzuolo

“…This paper analyzes the case of Jamaica's National ID's early policy process. It unveils and unpacks the complexity embedded in the political, legal, and administrative dimensions of the digital ID policy design and legislative processes. …”
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Utopie by Patrizia Resta

“…The paper presents the reasons why it’s necessary to open a debate about the crisis of anthropological studies in Italy, recalling the steps that over the years have led a weakening of the scientific thinking and a decrease of the anthropological teachings role within Italian Academy, as can be seen from the picture that emerges from the reconstruction offered by the ANVUR (National Agency for the Evaluation of the University and Research) for to the period 2010-2012. …”
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Gentrification in the Global South: new insights from Chinese Studies by Haotian Guan, Huhua Cao

“…Scholars studying gentrification in China have recognized the local and national differences that are specific to China and have worked out to establish their own theories. …”
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ASSOCIATION OF SINO-RUSSIAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITIES AS A NEW INSTITUTION FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONIN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA by Sergey V. Korshunov, Mikhail V. Kuznetsov, Victor B. Timofeev

“…Within a short period of time the association has confirmed its role as a new institution to join together efforts of the two nations in the evolution of higher education. The article deals with the history and the main activity areas of the ASRTU, and it also summarizes work undertaken since its creation in 2011.…”
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La mémoire du risque à Mayotte, un atout pour la prévention des risques naturels ? by Mathilde Rullier, Gilles Hubert

“…The territory's natural risks management policy is based on national and European frameworks, but the risk culture is being built up locally. …”
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BRICS and Digitally Just and Inclusive Futures by Bricsology

“…Initiatives such as India's Digital India program, China's Belt and Road Initiative, and South Africa's National Integrated ICT Policy emphasize expanding digital infrastructure and improving access to bridge the digital divide (Kaplinsky, 2017). …”
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Digital Social Security: Potential for Platform Work by Enzo Weber

“…The system would be open to the participation of as many different states as possible. However, the national social security system remains fully sovereign and flexible.…”
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The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment by Maury Goodman

“…The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a worldwide effort to construct a next-generation long-baseline neutrino experiment based at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. It is a merger of previous efforts and other interested parties to build, operate, and exploit a staged 40 kt liquid argon detector at the Sanford Underground Research Facility 1300 km from Fermilab, and a high precision near detector, exposed to a 1.2 MW, tunable ν beam produced by the PIP-II upgrade by 2024, evolving to a power of 2.3 MW by 2030. …”
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Unsolved Questions Regarding EU Citizens Access to Public Healthcare Services in Spain by Alejandra Boto

“…Special attention is paid to the so-called “medical tourism” and to the transposition on Directive 2011/24 into national law. The challenges and transformations that the adequate provision of healthcare for EU citizens will require in the next future are also pointed out, notwithstanding some critical legal problems unsolved till the moment. …”
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