Human Rights In The Asia Pacific Region

Author : Hitoshi Nasu,Ben Saul
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136717093

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Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region by Hitoshi Nasu,Ben Saul Pdf

"The Asia-Pacific region is known for having one of the least developed institutional mechanisms for protecting human rights. This edited collection makes a timely and distinctive contribution to contemporary debates about strengthening the institutional protection of human rights in the Asia-Pacific region, in the wake of ASEAN's announcement in 2009 of an ASEAN regional human rights mechanism.Drawing together leading scholarly voices, the book focuses on the systemic issue of institutionalising human rights protection in the Asia-Pacific. It critically examines the prospects for deepening and widening the institutionalization of human rights monitoring in the region, challenging the orthodox scepticism about whether Asia is "ready" for stronger institutions. The volume analyses the impediments to institutions, whilst questioning the need for them. The collection provides a range of perspectives on the issues and many of the chapters bring a variety of interdisciplinary insights to bear. As such, the collection will be of interest to a scholarly and student audience in law, as well as to readers in international relations, political science, Asian studies, and human rights"--

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:249252076

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Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region ... by Anonim Pdf

Author : Brian Burdekin
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004153363

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National Human Rights Institutions in the Asia Pacific Region by Brian Burdekin Pdf

The purpose of this book is to provide a consolidated collection of materials to facilitate comparison of the various national human rights institutions (NHRIs) already established in the Asia-Pacific region, against a background of selected international materials and with the assistance of several comparative tables. The latter are not intended to be exhaustive, but are designed to assist in identifying and considering the strengths and weaknesses inherent in the legislative mandates of each national institution. While the collection is primarily intended for teaching purposes, it should also be useful to countries considering establishing a national human rights commission or, for those which have already done so, strengthening its mandate. For this reason several sections have been included outlining the relationship which should exist between NHRIs, the Executive, the Legislature, the Judiciary and other related institutions and a short section on the importance of the process which should precede their establishment.

Author : Paul Close,David Askew
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351956833

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Asia Pacific and Human Rights by Paul Close,David Askew Pdf

Human rights are acquiring an increasingly prominent role on the world stage. Interest in, concern about and action on human rights are widespread and rising, albeit in a far from globally even, uniform and untroubled fashion. Human rights have generated a booming global industry while having become, not unconnectedly, highly controversial and deeply contested. Human rights matters have emerged as a major source of disagreement, dispute and discord at and between the local, regional and global levels of social, cultural, political and economic life. These developments are addressed in the book by an examination of the links between the evolving global human rights regime (GHRR) and the character and course of human rights in the world's most dynamic, complex and problematic region, that of the Asia Pacific. The authors argue that although the Asia Pacific and human rights nexus is influenced by cultural clashes, it is largely shaped by power distributions and struggles rooted in the global political economy (GPE). The prevailing GHRR reflects the way in which globalization processes have been Western led, but its future is far from certain given the current shift in the balance of GPE power towards the Asia Pacific, and especially East Asia.

Author : Fernand de Varennes
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004637436

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Asia-Pacific Human Rights Documents and Resources by Fernand de Varennes Pdf

Many publications dealing with human rights contain a wealth of materials from the United Nations, Europe, and even the Inter-American and African regional human rights systems, but none cover the geographical region which encompasses Asian and Pacific states. The collection of documents contained in this volume is an attempt to rectify this situation. A unique reference tool to those with an interest in human rights in Asia and the Pacific, be they students of law, Asian studies or international relations, or lawyers or researchers using human rights materials, this volume contains various inter-governmental and non-governmental documents, as well as a section on numerous human rights organisations and resources. Despite the Asia-Pacific area now being the world's only region without a human rights instrument, the volume of constitutional provisions, treaty provisions, governmental and non-governmental declarations on human rights as well as other types of relevant documents is very substantial, putting to lie the argument that human rights are of little concern or secondary to other considerations. This huge amount of material has made it necessary to edit certain documents to their most essential elements. Other documents are included in their entirety where they are deemed to be of particular significance.

Author : Ben Saul,Catherine Renshaw
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1554 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0415834678

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Human Rights in Asia and the Pacific by Ben Saul,Catherine Renshaw Pdf

While the Asia Pacific region is one of the world's largest by population size, it has long been known for having the least developed regional and national institutional mechanisms for protecting human rights, particularly compared to the well-developed systems in Europe, the Americas, and increasingly in Africa. Asia has the least uptake of human rights treaties of any region in the world, and serious human rights violations are documented as occurring in numerous countries in the region. Asia has also presented conceptual challenges to the universality of international human rights, for instance through arguments about 'Asian values' (the collective over the individual, the economic over the political, compromise over adjudication) being inconsistent with western notions of rights. At the same time, innovative human rights practices and protections have been developed in some jurisdictions, and increasingly at the transnational level. There is increasing scholarly and practitioner interest in human rights in the Asia and Pacific regions, driven in part by recent efforts by the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) to enhance human rights protections in those sub-regions. This edited collection makes a timely and distinctive contribution to the literature by bringing together the leading scholars in the field who have written across the gamut of thematic human rights issues in Asia and the Pacific. A particular strength of the collection is its inclusion of significant Asian and Pacific authors, who are sometimes under-represented in the mainstream legal debates. The work will be of interest to a scholarly and student audience in law (international, comparative Asian, public, constitutional, and human rights), as well as to readers in international relations, political science, Asian studies, and human rights.

Author : Ben Saul,Catherine Renshaw
Publisher : Taylor & Francis Group
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Human rights
ISBN : 0415844185

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Human Rights in Asia and the Pacific by Ben Saul,Catherine Renshaw Pdf

While the Asia Pacific region is one of the world s largest by population size, it has long been known for having the least developed regional and national institutional mechanisms for protecting human rights, particularly compared to the well-developed systems in Europe, the Americas, and increasingly in Africa. Asia has the least uptake of human rights treaties of any region in the world, and serious human rights violations are documented as occurring in numerous countries in the region. Asia has also presented conceptual challenges to the universality of international human rights, for instance through arguments about 'Asian values' (the collective over the individual, the economic over the political, compromise over adjudication) being inconsistent with western notions of rights. At the same time, innovative human rights practices and protections have been developed in some jurisdictions, and increasingly at the transnational level. There is increasing scholarly and practitioner interest in human rights in the Asia and Pacific regions, driven in part by recent efforts by the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) to enhance human rights protections in those sub-regions. This edited collection makes a timely and distinctive contribution to the literature by bringing together the leading scholars in the field who have written across the gamut of thematic human rights issues in Asia and the Pacific. A particular strength of the collection is its inclusion of significant Asian and Pacific authors, who are sometimes under-represented in the mainstream legal debates. The work will be of interest to a scholarly and student audience in law (international, comparative Asian, public, constitutional, and human rights), as well as to readers in international relations, political science, Asian studies, and human rights.

Author : Fernand de Varennes
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789041105783

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Asia-Pacific Human Rights Documents and Resources by Fernand de Varennes Pdf

2.30 Mandate for Palestine.

Author : James Tuck-Hong Tang
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015034259278

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Human Rights and International Relations in the Asia-Pacific Region by James Tuck-Hong Tang Pdf

Appraisal by Joseph Chan

Author : Withit Mantāphō̜n,Khana Kammakān Sitthi Manutsayachon hǣng Chāt (Thailand)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : 9741322348

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Dimensions of Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region by Withit Mantāphō̜n,Khana Kammakān Sitthi Manutsayachon hǣng Chāt (Thailand) Pdf

Author : Peter Bille Larsen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315402765

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World Heritage and Human Rights by Peter Bille Larsen Pdf

The World Heritage community is currently adopting policies to mainstream human rights as part of a wider sustainability agenda. This interdisciplinary book combines a state of the art review of World Heritage policy and practice at the global level with ethnographic case studies from the Asia-Pacific region by leading scholars in the field. By joining legal reviews, anthropology and practitioner experience through in-depth case studies, it shows the diversity of human rights issues in both natural and cultural heritage sites. From site-designation to their conservation and management, the book explores the various rights issues and analyses the diverse social, cultural and legal challenges and responses at both regional and global level. Detailed case studies are included from Australia, Cambodia, China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines and Vietnam. The book will appeal to both natural and cultural heritage professionals and human rights and heritage scholars, and will serve as a useful compendium for courses use allowing students to compare, contrast and contextualize different contexts.

Author : Anne-Marie Hilsdon,Martha Macintyre,Vera Mackie,Maila Stivens
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135117870

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Human Rights and Gender Politics by Anne-Marie Hilsdon,Martha Macintyre,Vera Mackie,Maila Stivens Pdf

First Published in 2004. As the new millennium leaves behind the most violent of centuries, human rights activists and international agencies are looking to a new Age of Rights. Feminists have been prominent among those struggling 'from below' to reconstruct human rights: the slogan 'women's rights are human rights' has become a central claim of the global women's movement; feminist theorists have argued for an explicit inclusion of women and gender in human rights tenets; and United Nations forums have become central sites of an energetic new global feminist 'public', providing unprecedented avenues for feminist initiatives and action. It is clear, however, that feminist re-shapings of human rights have been engaged in complex conversations with both human rights claims and with feminist and gender politics in all their many local versions. The contributors to this volume address these complex conversations through a number of case studies within the Asia-Pacific region.

Author : Tae-Ung Baik
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107015340

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Emerging Regional Human Rights Systems in Asia by Tae-Ung Baik Pdf

Analyses the emerging human rights norms, regional institutions and enforcement mechanisms in Asia.

Author : Australia. Parliament. Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Trade,Michael George Forshaw
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Human rights
ISBN : 0642792321

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Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific by Australia. Parliament. Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Trade,Michael George Forshaw Pdf

"This Report is the Human Rights Sub-Committee's response to Foreign Minister Stephen Smith's invitation on 3 September 2008 to inquire into and report on international and regional mechanisms currently in place to prevent and redress human rights violations, with a view to providing options on possible models that may be suitable for the Asia-Pacific region."--P. [vii]

Author : Angus Francis,Rowena Maguire
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317074250

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Protection of Refugees and Displaced Persons in the Asia Pacific Region by Angus Francis,Rowena Maguire Pdf

The chapters in this book explore the impact of recent shifts in global and regional power and the subsequent development and enforcement of international refugee protection standards in the Asia Pacific region. Drawing on their expertise across a number of jurisdictions, the contributors assess the challenges confronting the implementation of international law in the region, as well as new opportunities for extending protection norms into national and regional dialogues. The case studies span key jurisdictions across the region and include a comparative analysis with China, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Australia. This topical and important book raises critical questions for the Asia Pacific region and sheds light on the challenges confronting the protection of refugees and displaced persons in this area. Interdisciplinary in its approach, it will be of interest to academics, researchers, students and policy-makers concerned with the rights and protection of refugees.