Human Rights In South Asia

Author : Rainer Hofmann,Ugo Caruso
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Human rights
ISBN : 3631609167

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Minority Rights in South Asia by Rainer Hofmann,Ugo Caruso Pdf

This publication contains case studies on human and minority rights in the South Asian countries, including a special focus on the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), and articles on different forms of National Human Rights Commission and Immigration to the UK and «new minorities». It is further complemented by an in-depth study on Autonomy, Kashmir and International Law. Assembling articles authored by leading scholars from both South Asia and Europe, the book will contribute to a mutual exchange of views on human and minority rights issues in South Asia. In particular, the book is aimed at increasing awareness and understanding of current developments in South Asia and, on this basis, at enhancing a constructive dialogue between representatives of the scientific community, policy-makers and civil society in Europe and their counterparts in South Asia.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : PSU:000017880466

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Human Rights in South Asia by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations Pdf

Author : Shveta Dhaliwal
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781315436883

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Human Rights Mechanism in South Asia by Shveta Dhaliwal Pdf

Shveta Dhaliwal teaches at the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab, Patiala, India. Her areas of specialisation are geopolitics, regional human rights systems, comparative political thought and international relations. She has published more than 40 research papers and presented over 150 papers in international and national conferences. She has an authored and three edited books to her credit. She is member of the Indian Political Science Association and the Indian Society of International Law and South Asian Foundation.

Author : Philip J. Eldridge
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134611416

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Politics of Human Rights in Southeast Asia by Philip J. Eldridge Pdf

The divide between the West and Southeast Asia seems to be nowhere more apparent than in debates about human rights. Within these diverse geographical, political and cultural climates, human rights seem to have become relative, and the quest for absolutes seems unattainable. In this new book Philip J Eldridge seeks to question this stalemate. He argues that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' inclusion in United Nations' human rights treaties could be the common ground that bridges the gap between East and West. Eldridge uses topical case studies and primary research from Malaysia, Indonesia, East Timor and Australia, to compare the effectiveness of United Nations' human rights directives on local democracies. This study presents insightful research into a hotly debated topic. As such it will be a thought-provoking resource for students of human rights, politics and international relations.

Author : James Gomez,Robin Ramcharan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811510748

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National Human Rights Institutions in Southeast Asia by James Gomez,Robin Ramcharan Pdf

This book reviews Southeast Asia’s National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) as part of an emerging assessment of a nascent regional human rights architecture that is facing significant challenges in protecting human rights. The book asks, can NHRIs overcome its weaknesses and provide protection, including remedies, to victims of human rights abuses? Assessing NHRIs’ capacity to do so is vital as the future of human rights protection lies at the national level, and other parts of the architecture—the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), and the international mechanism of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)—though helpful, also have their limitations. The critical question the book addresses is whether NHRIs individually or collaboratively provide protection of fundamental human rights. The body of work offered in this book showcases the progress of the NHRIs in Southeast Asia where they also act as a barometer for the fluid political climate of their respective countries. Specifically, the book examines the NHRIs’ capacity to provide protection, notably through the pursuit of quasi-judicial functions, and concludes that this function has either been eroded due to political developments post-establishment or has not been included in the first place. The book’s findings point to the need for NHRIs to increase their effectiveness in the protection of human rights and invites readers and stakeholders to find ways of addressing this gap.

Author : South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006-06-29
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063837178

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Introducing Human Rights by South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre Pdf

Introducing Human Rights is a primer for understanding what human rights are, why we require them, and why their violation threatens our basic existence as human beings. Based on the requirement of the B.A. (Foundation) Course in Human Rights, Gender and Environment, the book is divided into 15 thematic chapters including: Definitions and Classifications of Human Rights, Human Rights and the Constitution of India, India and International Monitoring Bodies, The Human Rights Movements in India, The Criminal Procedure Code, Consumer Rights and Violence against Women, Environmental Law The chapters highlight the relevance of these issues in Indian and international law and the basic legal framework within which human rights operate. Comprehensive in coverage and essential for classroom learning and analysis , the volume also teaches students about: What to do when human rights are violated, Mechanisms of redress and their use.

Author : Hao Duy Phan
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004222175

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A Selective Approach to Establishing a Human Rights Mechanism in Southeast Asia by Hao Duy Phan Pdf

This book proposes a selective approach for states with more advanced human rights protection to establish a human rights court for Southeast Asia. It argues the inclusive approach currently employed by ASEAN to set up a human rights body covering all member states cannot produce a strong regional human rights mechanism. The mosaic of Southeast Asia reveals great diversity and high complexity in political regimes, human rights practice and participation by regional states in the global legal human rights framework. Cooperation among ASEAN members to protect and promote human rights remains limited. The time-honored principle of non-interference and the “ASEAN Way” still predominate in relations within ASEAN. These factors combine to explain why the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights is unlikely to be strong and effective in changing and promoting regional human rights protection. This book suggests a selective approach to establish a human rights court for Southeast Asia. It posits that a group of nations within Southeast Asia may be more willing to consider the possibility of a stronger human rights mechanism. It investigates the challenges to and the feasibility of such a proposal. Furthermore, it examines the design of the three existing regional human rights courts in Europe, the Americas, and Africa, and compares the rationales for those institutional designs with the specific context of Southeast Asia. A human rights court for all ASEAN members may not be possible at this time, but a court for some nations in the region is feasible and worth exploring. The path towards this goal is never an easy one; however, the region possesses the necessary conditions to gradually translate that goal into reality.

Author : Alison Duxbury,Hsien-Li Tan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108465908

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Can ASEAN Take Human Rights Seriously? by Alison Duxbury,Hsien-Li Tan Pdf

Critically examines ASEAN's human rights system in the context of Southeast Asian political-legal developments and the global human rights discourse

Author : Mahdev Mohan,Cynthia Morel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317964308

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Business and Human Rights in Southeast Asia by Mahdev Mohan,Cynthia Morel Pdf

Business and human rights has emerged as a distinct field within the corporate governance movement. The endorsement by the United Nations Human Rights Council of a new set of Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights in 2011 reinforces the State’s duty to protect against human rights abuses by third parties, including business; the corporate responsibility to respect human rights; and greater access by victims to effective remedy, both judicial and non-judicial. This book draws on the UN Guiding Principles and recent national plans of action, to provide an overview of relevant developments within the ASEAN region. Bridging theory and practice, the editors have positioned this book at the intersection of human rights risk and its regulation. Chapter authors discuss the implications of key case-studies undertaken across the region and various sectors, with a particular focus on extractive industries, the environment, and infrastructure projects. Topics covered include: due diligence and the role of audits; businesses’ responsibilities to women and children; and the mitigation of human rights risks in the region's emerging markets. The book sheds light on how stakeholders currently approach business and human rights, and explores how the role of ASEAN States, and that of the institution itself, may be strengthened. In doing so, the book identifies critical challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for the region in relation to business and human rights. This book will be of excellent use and interest to scholars, practitioners and students of human rights, business and company law, international law, and corporate governance.

Author : Fernand de Varennes,Christie M. Gardiner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317518198

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Routledge Handbook of Human Rights in Asia by Fernand de Varennes,Christie M. Gardiner Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Human Rights in Asia provides a rich study of human rights challenges facing some of the most vulnerable people in Asia. While formal accession to core international human rights instruments is commonplace across the region, the realisation of human rights for many remains elusive as development pressure, violent conflict, limited political will and discrimination maintain human rights volatility. This Handbook explores the underlying causes of human rights abuse in a range of contexts, considers lessons learnt from global, regional and domestic initiatives and provides recommendations and justifications for reform. Comprising 23 chapters, it examines the strengths and weaknesses of human rights institutions in Asia and covers issues such as: Participation, marginalisation, detention and exclusion Private sector responsibility and security Conflict and post-conflict rehabilitation Trafficking, displacement and citizenship Ageing populations, identity and sexuality. Drawing together a remarkable collection of leading and emerging scholars, advisers and practitioners, this Handbook is essential reading for students, scholars, policy makers and advocates of human rights in Asia and the world.

Author : Thomas W.D. Davis,Brian Galligan
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780857933263

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Human Rights in Asia by Thomas W.D. Davis,Brian Galligan Pdf

Does the increasing prominence of Asia also mark a new era for human rights in the region? This timely book uncovers the political drivers behind both recent regional and country-based changes to the recognition, promotion, and protection of rights. Human Rights in Asia focuses on the relationships between political regimes, institutions and cultures, and external actors, such as international organisations, NGOs, and business. The contributing authors provide important discussions on Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and the Phillipines. Thematic chapters then go on to frame these individually focused contributions, by examining the international pressure to 'normalise' rights regimes, and the relationship between Islam and rights in the region. Providing a unique combination of country-specific and thematic analysis, this book will be a fascinating and beneficial read for postgraduate and undergraduate students in human rights and international relations, as well as scholars in politics, human rights, international relations and government and NGO analysts.

Author : Borhan Uddin Khan,Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781443845717

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Protection of Minorities by Borhan Uddin Khan,Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman Pdf

We live in a world that not only sets standards for, but also professes its commitment to promoting and protecting ‘rights’. Since ours is an age of heightened public interest in auditing the actual realisation of such standards and commitment, the first major focus of this book is a critical account of international standards aimed at the protection of minorities. To that end, it concentrates on four key dimensions. Firstly, it addresses the issue of the identification of minorities as understood by international law. Secondly, it outlines a brief history on the development of international law towards improving the protection of minorities. Thirdly, it gives an overview of international instruments and mechanisms on minorities. Finally, it analyses the rights of minorities under international standards. All these dimensions point to the fact that international minority rights lag behind the development of other branches of rights. The second major focus of this book is to relate international standards on minority protection to South Asian regimes. Concentrating on India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, the Maldives, and Afghanistan, an endeavor is made to examine the state of minorities and their protection under the domestic regimes. It emerges that the normative commitments of these states are more or less compatible with international standards. Nevertheless, majority-minority syndrome persistently remains as one of the causes behind multidimensional deprivation and victimization of South Asian minorities. The present book also assesses the extent to which regional cooperation in South Asia has so far contributed to extending protection to minorities. This ends with an argument that SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) has the potential to play a far greater role in this regard.

Author : Stig Toft Madsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015037419234

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State, Society, and Human Rights in South Asia by Stig Toft Madsen Pdf

PART 1: HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOUTH ASIA

Author : Ali Riaz,Zobaida Nasreen,Fahmida Zaman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351118200

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Political Violence in South Asia by Ali Riaz,Zobaida Nasreen,Fahmida Zaman Pdf

Political violence has remained an integral part of South Asian society for decades. The region has witnessed and continued to encounter violence for achieving political objectives from above and from below. Violence is perpetrated by the state, by non-state actors, and used by the citizens as a form of resistance. Ethnic insurgency, religion-inspired extremism, and ideology-driven hostility are examples of violent acts that have emerged as challenges to the states which have responded with violence in the form of civil war and through violations of human rights disregarding international norms. This book explores various dimensions of political violence in South Asia, namely in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Each chapter either speaks to an important aspect of the political violence or provides an overall picture of the nature and scope of political violence in the respective country. Political violence is understood in the larger sense of political, that is, above and beyond institutions, and also as an integral part of social relationships where social norms and the role of individual agency play seminal roles. The contributions in this book incorporate both institutional and non-institutional dimensions of political violence. Exploring how everyday life in South Asian states and societies is transformed by the engagement with violence through direct and indirect methods, this book adopts an interdisciplinary framework; diverse methods are employed – from ethnographic readings to more macro level analyses. The phenomenon is explored from historical, sociological, and political perspectives. This book will be useful as a supplementary text in courses on South Asian Studies in general and South Asian Politics in particular.

Author : Catherine Renshaw
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780812251036

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Human Rights and Participatory Politics in Southeast Asia by Catherine Renshaw Pdf

In Human Rights and Participatory Politics in Southeast Asia, Catherine Renshaw recounts an extraordinary period of human rights institution-building in Southeast Asia. She begins her account in 2007, when the ten members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) signed the ASEAN charter, committing members for the first time to principles of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. In 2009, the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights was established with a mandate to uphold internationally recognized human rights standards. In 2013, the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration was adopted as a framework for human rights cooperation in the region and a mechanisim for ASEAN community building. Renshaw explains why these developments emerged when they did and assesses the impact of these institutions in the first decade of their existence. In her examination of ASEAN, Renshaw asks how human rights can be implemented in and between states that are politically diverse—Vietnam and Laos are Communist; Brunei Darussalam is an Islamic sultanate; Myanmar is in transition from a military dictatorship; the Philippines and Indonesia are established multiparty democracies; while the remaining members are less easily defined. Renshaw cautions that ASEAN is limited in its ability to shape the practices of its members because it lacks a preponderance of democratic states. However, she concludes that, in the absence of a global legalized human rights order, the most significant practical advancements in the promotion of human rights have emerged from regional institutions such as the ASEAN.