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Urban approaches to human rights: tracking networks of engagement in Amsterdam’s debate on irregular migration
The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law Pub Date : 2019-05-03 , DOI: 10.1080/07329113.2019.1601826
Lisa Roodenburg 1
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Abstract This paper discusses local engagements with human rights norms in Amsterdam, in the context of responses to irregular migration. Specifically, the article studies the local government’s development of a human rights agenda and reflects how this aligns with or contradicts (1) the local government’s program for irregular migrants and (2) NGO initiatives in the realm of human rights and irregular migrants. In 2016 the municipality of Amsterdam launched an “Amsterdam Human Rights Agenda” and (irregular) migration is not mentioned, while the local government does have a progressive program for irregular migrants. Simultaneously, several NGOs contest the municipality for their approach towards irregular migrants, at times using human rights language. Analysis of stakeholder interviews, city council meetings and policy documents reveal the conflicting approaches that urban actors have towards human rights. The language of rights gives weight to claims of NGOs, precisely because of its legal dimension. Contrastingly, in the human rights agenda the municipality mainly refers to rights in their moral sense and refrains from legal language. Concrete issues that are already on the political agenda become labelled as human rights problems. Therefore, this article deliberates whether this undermines the possible strength of human rights as an urban governance framework.

中文翻译:

人权的城市方法:追踪参与阿姆斯特丹非正常移民辩论的网络

摘要 本文在应对非正常移民的背景下,讨论了阿姆斯特丹当地与人权规范的互动。具体而言,本文研究了地方政府制定的人权议程,并反映了这与 (1) 地方政府针对非正常移民的计划和 (2) 非政府组织在人权和非正常移民领域的倡议如何一致或矛盾。2016 年,阿姆斯特丹市政府启动了“阿姆斯特丹人权议程”,并未提及(非正常)移民,而当地政府确实有针对非正常移民的渐进计划。同时,一些非政府组织就其处理非正常移民的方式向市政府提出质疑,有时使用人权语言。利益相关者访谈分析,市议会会议和政策文件揭示了城市行为者对人权采取的相互矛盾的做法。权利的语言重视非政府组织的主张,正是因为其法律层面。相比之下,在人权议程中,市政当局主要是指道德意义上的权利,而不是法律语言。已经在政治议程上的具体问题被贴上了人权问题的标签。因此,本文探讨这是否会削弱人权作为城市治理框架的可能力量。在人权议程中,市政当局主要指的是道德意义上的权利,而不是法律语言。已经在政治议程上的具体问题被贴上了人权问题的标签。因此,本文探讨这是否会削弱人权作为城市治理框架的可能力量。在人权议程中,市政府主要是指道德意义上的权利,而不是法律语言。已经在政治议程上的具体问题被贴上了人权问题的标签。因此,本文探讨这是否会削弱人权作为城市治理框架的可能力量。
更新日期:2019-05-03
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