HURIME · Human Rights in the Post-Uprisings Middle East: Emerging Discourses and Practices in Egypt and Tunisia
Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
- Duration
- 2017-05-01 → 2019-04-30
- EU contribution
- €183,455
- Participants
- 1
- Scheme
- MSCA-IF-EF-ST
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Results in brief
Human Rights in the Post-Uprisings Middle East: Emerging Discourses and Practices inEgypt and Tunisia
Human rights in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region since the uprisings constitutes one of the most significant issues that could shape the future of the region. Following the uprisings the question how the uprisings did impact human rights in the post-uprising transitional countries which have been suspected of being incapable of adjusting international human rights norms, became a pressing one. Since the human rights discourses have emancipatory potential and can influence the processes of genuine political change, identifying the characteristics and dynamics of these discourses has not only a great significance to researchers but also to policy makers. HURIME is an in-depth, interdisciplinary and comparative study, aiming to significantly contribute to current knowledge about human rights in the MENA region. HURIME dealt with human rights discourses and practices in the MENA region as they undergo transition stemming from the Arab uprisings in 2011. The project had three key Research Objectives. First it aimed at discovering the main patterns of human rights discourses and practices in the MENA region undergoing transition through the course of the Arab Spring, to provide an in-depth knowledge of the characteristics and developments of human rights in the region. Second it sought to explore and explain the main political, legal and social conditions underlying both change and persistence within human rights discourse, to identify human rights dynamics in the region leading to the political change. Third it aimed to exploring the impact of the shift and persistence in human rights discourses on the actual practice of human rights in the region, with the ultimate aim of identifying the best ways for improving human rights practice in the region.
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Project objective
The popular Arab Spring uprisings in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region and their recent developments have proved the significant emancipatory potential of human rights and moved the human rights issue to the forefront of academic and political debates. This project deals with the human rights discourses and practices in the MENA region undergoing transition through the course of so-called Arab Spring by conducting a comparative analysis of two key countries; namely Egypt and Tunisia.The project has three main objectives. First, it aims to provide an in-depth knowledge of the characteristics and developments of human rights in the region. Second, it strives to explore the main political and social conditions that constitute the shift and persistence in the discourses of human rights. Third, it aims to explore the impact of the shift and persistence in human rights discourses on the actual practice of human rights in the region, with the ultimate aim of identifying the best ways for improving human rights practice in the region.To achieve the objectives of the project: First, in-depth analysis of primary and secondary sources will be conducted to discover the main patterns and characteristics of the emerging human rights discourses in post-uprising Egypt and Tunisia. Second, political, legal and social conditions influencing the human rights discourses will be explored by looking comparatively at situational variables.Third, the impact of the shift and persistence in the discourses on the human rights practice will be explored by comparatively examining the human rights situation in the post-uprising countries. The project will enhance the knowledge of academicians and politicians on the new tendencies of human rights discourses and practices in the region and will offer a valuable insight into the main patterns and political conditions of emerging human rights discourses and practices.
Original text from CORDIS.
Participants
- SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES ROYAL CHARTER · LondonCoordinatorUnited Kingdom
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