National Human Rights Institutions In The Asia Pacific Region

Author : Brian Burdekin
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 45,5 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 : Hitoshi Nasu,Ben Saul
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136717086

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

The Asia-Pacific is known for having the least developed regional mechanisms for protecting human rights. This edited collection makes a timely and distinctive contribution to contemporary debates about building institutions for human rights protection in the Asia-Pacific region, in the wake of ASEAN’s establishment in 2009 of a sub-regional human rights commission. 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 human rights institutions in the region, challenging the orthodox scepticism about whether the Asia-Pacific is "ready" for stronger human rights institutions and exploring the variety of possible forms that regional and sub-regional institutions might take. The volume also analyses the impediments to new institutions, whilst questioning the justifications for them. The collection provides a range of perspectives on the issues and many of the chapters bring interdisciplinary insights to bear. As such, the collection will be of interest to scholarly, practitioner, and student audiences in law, as well as to readers in international relations, political science, Asian studies, and human rights.

Author : James Gomez,Robin Ramcharan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,6 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 : Paul Close,David Askew
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 50,7 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 : Tae-Ung Baik
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 47,9 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 : Fernand de Varennes
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 49,8 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 : Fernand de Varennes
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789041105783

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

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Author : Ryan Goodman,Thomas Pegram
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139504225

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Human Rights, State Compliance, and Social Change by Ryan Goodman,Thomas Pegram Pdf

National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) – human rights commissions and ombudsmen – have gained recognition as a possible missing link in the transmission and implementation of international human rights norms at the domestic level. They are also increasingly accepted as important participants in global and regional forums where international norms are produced. By collecting innovative work from experts spanning international law, political science, sociology and human rights practice, this book critically examines the significance of this relatively new class of organizations. It focuses, in particular, on the prospects of these institutions to effectuate state compliance and social change. Consideration is given to the role of NHRIs in delegitimizing – though sometimes legitimizing – governments' poor human rights records and in mobilizing – though sometimes demobilizing – civil society actors. The volume underscores the broader implications of such cross-cutting research for scholarship and practice in the fields of human rights and global affairs in general.

Author : Jefferson R. Plantilla,Sebasti L. Raj
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015043098758

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Human Rights in Asian Cultures, Continuity, and Change by Jefferson R. Plantilla,Sebasti L. Raj Pdf

Presents An Overview Of The Character Of Various Countries And Analyses Their Relationship To Human Rights, Their Legal Basis And The Current Efforts To Educate The People In This Regards.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Professional Training
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9211541891

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National Human Rights Institutions by Anonim Pdf

This publication introduces the reader to national human rights institutions (NHRIs). Its focus is on NHRIs as both cornerstones of national human rights protection and promotion, and links between States and the international human rights system. Respect for human rights requires the concerted effort of every Government, individual, group and organ in society. With this in mind, the publication is intended for all those who seek a basic understanding of NHRIs, the work they do, how they interact with States, civil society and the international community, and how to support their work.

Author : Thomas F. Carroll
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015042821341

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Human Rights by Thomas F. Carroll Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:249252076

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

Author : Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0992276624

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Media Handbook for National Human Rights Institutions by Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions Pdf

Author : Alison Duxbury,Hsien-Li Tan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 40,8 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 : Ben Saul,Catherine Renshaw
Publisher : Taylor & Francis Group
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,9 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.