International Norms project

Mapping and comparing fundamental rights and freedoms currently protected in Muslim majority societies

Hosted by the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa

The project will help examine how rights were negotiated in political transitions in Muslim majority societies.

Researchers
Mark Muller QC
Ebrahim Rasool
Houda Abadi
Eldridge Adolfo

Overview

The International Norms Project (INP) is co-ordinated by the London School of Economics (LSE) in partnership with the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), and other partners including the University of Uppsala. The project is funded through the European Union Afghanistan Peace Support Mechanism (EU APSM) with support from the European Union and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).

The aim of the INP is to map and compare fundamental rights and freedoms currently protected under the Afghan Constitution with Islamic teaching, traditions and texts in Afghanistan and elsewhere, with a view to identifying possible points of convergence in relation to the promotion and protection of those rights in Afghanistan going forward. This includes examining how such rights were negotiated in other political transitions in Muslim majority societies elsewhere. 

The projects latest publication, A Guide to Peacemaking Using Islamic Principles is now available to download. 

Aims and objectives

  • Examining how such rights were negotiated in other political transitions in Muslim majority societies elsewhere
  • Conducting an audit study of PHC providers in the market using standardised patients, allowing us to describe the relative performance of public and private providers in terms of access, quality and efficiency of treatment
  • Investigating the relationship between measures of market competition and performance
  • Studying the determinants of patients’ choices of PHC providers
  • Conducting a field experiment testing the impact of subsidised care and information about quality on demand

Outputs

Research team

Partners

 

WitsUni

The Univeristy of Witwatersrand is situated in Johannesburg, South Africa. The mission of the University is to grow its global stature as a leading research-intensive university, and to be a gateway to research engagement and intellectual achievement in Africa.

 

Uppsala

Uppsala University is located in Sweden. It is the country's oldest university.

helth pol

The Centre for Health Policy (CHP) is one of the few multi-disciplinary health policy units in South Africa and has over 20 years of research experience. CHP seeks to contribute to excellence in health policy and systems research, and to be a critical participant in health policy processes.