Annual Reports
KIOS Annual Report 2006 English Summary (pdf)
KIOS Annual Report 2007 English Summary (pdf)
KIOS Annual Report 2008 English Summary (pdf)
KIOS Annual Report 2009 English Summary (pdf)
Seminar Publications
KIOS seminar Helsinki 2008:
Conflicting Women´s Rights - Human Rights Framework to Women’s Role in Post Conflict Countries (pdf)
KIOS seminar Helsinki 2009:
Realizing Democratic Rights at the Grassroots - Experiences from Africa and Asia (pdf)
KIOS thematic reports 2006
KIOS thematic reports were first published in 2006 in collaboration with researchers from Institute for Human Rights at Åbo Akademi University. Each report concentrates on one of the thematic focus rights of KIOS.
Democratic Rights in a Development Perspective (pdf )
Kristian Myntti, Dr.Pol.Sc.
This study analyses international and regional human rights instruments with relevance for the right to democracy and the rule of law, particularly from a development perspective. The study includes a survey of the situation in a number of developing countries in Africa and East Asia receiving Finnish development aid regarding the realization of democratic rights.
Human Rights of Women (pdf )
Katarina Frostell, Lic.Pol.Sc
The study addresses the human rights of women as protected by international human rights law. It focuses in particular on rights of relevance to women in a development context and on an effort to broaden the understanding of the human rights-based approach to development. The rights analysed are property rights, work-related rights, the right to an adequate standard of living, participatory rights, the right to education, reproductive rights and integrity rights.
Right to Education from a developing Country Perspective (pdf )
Alessandra Lundström Sarelin, M.Pol.Sc.
In this study the different elements and aspects of the right to education are dealt with from a developing country perspective. States should not only make education de jure compulsory, but must also offer a genuine right to all children by making primary education free of charge. The study reviews the de facto situation from a quantitative as well as qualitative point of view in the following countries: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Afghanistan.
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