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Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
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“To the extent that bilateral investment treaties and free trade agreements lead to violations of human rights, they should be modified or terminated”
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“A State that fails to ensure the human rights of the population living under its jurisdiction is a failed State”
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“Among the rights that States must ensure are the rights to life, security of person, participation in the conduct of public affairs, homeland, movement, health, education, employment and social security”
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“Democracy is not exercised only once in a while, but entails a continuing dialogue between representatives and constituents”
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“All international investment agreements under negotiation should include a clear provision stipulating that in case of conflict between the human rights obligations of a State and those under other treaties, human rights conventions prevail”
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“Most States have enshrined in their Constitution and legislation the concept of ordre public”
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“A government that compromises its competence to defend and protect the interests of the persons living under its jurisdiction betrays its raison d’être and loses its democratic legitimacy”
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“In its essence, the right of self-determination means that individuals and peoples should be in control of their destinies and should be able to live out their identities, whether within the boundaries of existing States or through independence.”
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“There are multiple ways of looking at self-determination. One understanding of the right focuses on the legitimacy of choice, so that every people may choose the form of government that it deems appropriate to its culture and traditions. Another perspective focuses on the right of two or more peoples to unify into one single State.”
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“World peace and security are best served when States observe treaties in good faith.”
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“There is consensus among States, judges of international tribunals and professors of international law that self-determination is not only a principle but also a right that has achieved the status of jus cogens.”
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“Norms cannot be applied à la carte.”
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“All peoples have the right of self-determination.”
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“The right of self-determination must be implemented through specific measures.”
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“The bearers of the right of self-determination possess justiciable rights, not mere promises.”
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“Self-determination is now recognized as a principle of legitimacy underlying modern international law.”
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“A violation of the right of self-determination gives rise to a legitimate human rights claim by individuals and groups and triggers State responsibility to make reparation.”
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“Self-determination is an expression of the individual and collective right to democracy.”
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“Decolonization was not only just and consistent with the Charter; it was necessary to end violence.”
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“Neither the right of self-determination nor the principle of territorial integrity is absolute.”
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“States have the sacred duty to ensure peace, while individuals and peoples have the right to peace.”
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“Democracy must be lived and practiced every day. It entails much more than periodic voting, which in many cases is only pro forma, in the absence of public influence on the choice of candidates and scarce possibility of policy change.”
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“Democracy means a genuine correlation between the will of the people and legislation and policies that affect them, be it domestic or international.”
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“Direct, participatory and responsive democracy has been shown to be conducive to achieving a more just world order. Only such an approach will allow progressing from predator societies to human rights oriented societies.”
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“Direct democracy is undoubtedly one of the most efficient, reliable and transparent methods to determine the will of the people.”
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“Parliaments that do not genuinely represent, but act as if they had a blank check for x number of years lose their legitimacy.”
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“Investors and transnational enterprises have invented new rules to suit their needs, rules that impinge on the regulatory space of States and disenfranchise the public.”
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“It is high time to mainstream human rights into all trade agreements and World Trade Organization (WTO) rules and regulations, so that trade representatives and dispute-settlers know that trade is neither a “stand alone” regime not an end in itself.”
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“A just, peaceful, equitable and democratic world order must not be undermined by the activities of investors, speculators and transnational enterprises avid for immediate profit at the expense of social and economic progress.”
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“The path to a democratic and equitable order is through the expansion of public courts, not the creation of private courts with questionable transparency, accountability or independence.”
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“Surely the Council did not intend to convene an assembly of Cassandras when it established the Special Procedures.”
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“The role of parliaments is crucial in ensuring human rights protection while promoting trade.”
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“There is no need to adopt more “free trade agreements”, which are asymmetrical agreements providing privileges to investors but no enforceable obligations.”
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“The regulatory chill caused by the mere existence of investor-State dispute settlements has effectively dissuaded many States from adopting much-needed health and environmental protection measures.”
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“Never must the courts become instruments of injustice. Never should they lend themselves to the execution of manifestly unjust investor-State dispute settlement awards.”
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“Competition without solidarity is predator behaviour, especially when competition is rigged in favour of mega-corporations and monopolies.”
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“Governments have an obligation to preserve their populations’ cultures as world heritage in accordance with the aim of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to promote diversity and oppose cultural imperialism.”
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“Although the human rights dimension of trade is obvious, investors and corporations think that they can continue working in a human-rights-free zone.”
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“The State has the obligation to prohibit certain business activities in order to protect the lives and welfare of the population.”
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“No State will consent to a treaty when negative consequences are likely to outweigh potential benefits.”
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“The strengthening of the human rights enforcement system is necessary to counter the prevalent architecture of corporate impunity.”
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“I call on Governments worldwide to put an end to multiple campaigns of defamation, mobbing and even prosecution of whistleblowers like Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, the Luxleakers Antoine Deltour and Raphael Halet and the tax corruption leaker Rafi Rotem, who have acted in good faith and who have given meaning to article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on freedom of expression. Whistleblowers who are serving prison sentence in many countries should be pardoned.”
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“Whistleblowers are human rights defenders whose contribution to democracy and the rule of law cannot be overestimated. They serve democracy and human rights by revealing information that all persons are entitled to receive. A culture of secrecy is frequently also a culture of impunity. Because the right to know proclaimed in article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is absolutely crucial to every democracy, whistleblowers should be protected, not persecuted.”
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“The Independent Expert believes that a fundamental rethink is necessary and should result in an explicit definition of new priorities that puts the interests of billions of human beings who are deprived of the necessities of life ahead of those of foreign investors.”
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“If the Bank really has development at heart, it will change the conditionalities away from privatization, deregulation and lower corporate taxation and put the emphasis on reducing military expenditures, ensuring that progressive tax legislation is enacted and enforced, that tax havens are outlawed, and that a financial transactions tax is adopted and the revenues used to build “A World Free of Poverty” through international solidarity.”
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“Countries that benefit from World Bank financing should ensure that all loans they request and all foreign direct investment they receive are used in a manner that advances the enjoyment of human rights and does not result in the enrichment of a few at the expense of the many.”
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“The media should objectively inform about abuses associated with loan agreements when they occur, particularly instances of evictions, destruction of the environment, child labour and corruption.”
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“The rules of the game must be changed so that loans are not granted on purely economic considerations and that the loan “conditionalities” henceforth aim at advancing the wellbeing of the populations concerned.”
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“A democratic and equitable international order necessarily functions on the basis of multilateralism and international solidarity. It aims at promoting a culture of peace and dialogue among nations and peoples, fully respecting the sovereignty of States and ensuring that civil society in all countries has ample space to express itself and to enjoy its individual and collective rights and pursue its traditions, culture and identity.”
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“Human dignity is the source of all human rights, which, since 1945, have expanded into an international human rights treaty regime, many aspects of which have become customary international law.”
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