Human rights, civil rights Books
Springer International Publishing AG Decolonized Approaches to Human Rights and Social
Book SynopsisDespite committed effort to integrate postcolonial theory and decolonizing practices in human rights education in social work, there is scant literature offering a more balanced global perspective. This book addresses that need. Included here are discursive voices contributed by social work colleagues whose work is impacted by postcolonial realities. The task of decolonizing social work as a human rights profession calls for the inclusion of contesting perspectives from social work activists, human rights advocates and educators whose critical standpoints are drawn from the historical context of Global North-South relations. This book is essential given the many manifestations of global injustice, wars and climate catastrophes. The critical involvement of social workers in decolonized human rights advocacy is at no period in history, more urgent than now. The book: Engages readers in reflective discourse over the contentious manner human rights principles are referenced by social work practitioners within the context of contemporary North-South geopolitics Explores dilemmas, conflicts, challenges and limitations experienced by social workers worldwide while upholding human rights principles Uses critical case studies that expose how the vestiges of colonialism continue to impact communities Identifies areas of human rights advocacy where social work succeeds, and where it is confronted by limiting challenges Emphasizes the importance of human rights education and practice in the context of global inequalities Decolonized Approaches to Human Rights and Social Work provides models of good practice the world over in human rights advocacy. It is timely and essential reading for faculty who teach courses in social work, social development, community organization, human rights and social justice, as well as for students in social work, law, sociology, global studies and human rights. The book should draw readers who work in non-governmental organizations, international development agencies, advocacy groups, and community-based and grassroots organizations. International research centers, law clinics and organizations serving migrants and refugees would find it a useful resource.Table of ContentsForeword by Rory Truell Foreword by Susan Mapp Part I - Social Work and the Decolonization Project Chapter 1 - Human Rights and the Decolonization of Social WorkMarcin Boryczko, Mark Lusk and Melinda Madew Chapter 2 - Relativism, Universalism and Pluriversality in Human Rights Marcin Boryczko, Jason M. Leung and Melinda Madew Part II – History of Social Work as a Human Rights Profession Chapter 3 - Interrogating the Colonial Past: The Conflicting History of Social Work as a Human Rights Profession María Inés Martínez Herrero and Prospera Tedam Chapter 4 – The Postcolonial Present and a Decolonized Future for Social Work Samuel Terrazas Chapter 5 - Kinship Care, Responsibility and Self-Determination: Exploring African Individual and Community Rights in Decolonized Social Work Ndangwa Noyoo and Tanja Kleibl Part III - Human Rights Mandate in Social Work Chapter 6 - Mapping Basic Human Rights Instruments Mark Lusk and Nicholas D. Natividad Part IV - Situating Human Rights in the Global North-South Divide Chapter 7 - Postcolonial Europe and its Premises for Decolonization Marcin Boryczko, Tomasz Nowicki and Emilio Jose Gomez Ciriano Chapter 8 - Decolonized Approaches to Human Rights and Social Work in the United States Erica Balderrama, Araceli Garcia, and Eva M. Moya Chapter 9 – Challenging Coloniality in Social Work Theorizations on Human Rights Kris Clarke Part V - Decolonized Approaches in Human Rights Advocacy Chapter 10 - Understanding the U.S.-Mexico Border Through a Decolonial Lens Nicholas D. Natividad Chapter 11 – Decoding a Colonial Impact – The Women’s Movement in IndiaNycil Romis Thomas Chapter 12 – From Anti-Colonial Revolutionaries to Subversive Feminists – Women in the Philippines Melinda Madew Chapter 13 – Colonial History of Territorial Dislocation and Landlessness – Indigenous Peoples and Farmers’ Food Sovereignty in the Philippines Jason M. Leung Chapter 14 – Lessons from Social Movements: Farmers and Food Sovereignty in India Kiran Thampi Chapter 15 - Decolonizing Social Work Education Mark Lusk and Marcin Boryczko Chapter 16 - A Path Forward for Social Work, Human Rights and Decolonization Marcin Boryczko, Melinda Madew and Mark Lusk
£85.49
Springer International Publishing AG The New Futures of Exclusion: Life in the
Book SynopsisBased upon global data and following on from Lockdown: Social Harm in the COVID-19 Era, this book discusses the rise of surveillance capitalism and new forms of control and exclusion throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. It particularly addresses the use of vaccine passports, mandates and the new forms of capital extraction and political control that emerged throughout the pandemic. The book also explicates how the ‘vaccine hesitant’ became marginalized in both mainstream discourse and through regulatory interventions. Whilst the book addresses the wider political economy within which so-called ‘anti-vaxxers’ were ostracized, it also explores the complex nature of their sentiments. The book closes by considering The New Futures of Exclusion, outlining the forms of surveillance and control that may be implemented in the future particularly in light of the challenges brought by global warming and the energy transition. It is a broadly accessible text, particularly appealing to policymakers, general readers and academics in sociology, political sociology, politics, human geography, political economy, criminology, social policy, psychology, history, and infectious diseases and medicine.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The story so far.- 1 Freedom withdrawals and the trade-off for compliance.- 2 Harmalogical pharmacology and the Covid-19 vaccine.- 3 Technocratic feudalism and the new surveillance governance.- 4 Digital apartheids and the ‘Other’.- 5 Asymptomatic freedom, resistance and the ‘anti-vaxxers’.- 6 Heavy hands and iron fists against high social fevers.- 7 The new futures of exclusion.
£26.99
Springer Muslim Women between Community and Individual
Book SynopsisIntroduction and Background.- Theoretically Contextualising the Project.- Contextualising Legal Pluralism.- South Africa's History of Colonialism and Apartheid.- Locating Islam in South Africa: History of Mosques and Muslim Organisations.- Compromising Legislation Upholding the Patriarchy.- Social Context of Women's Experiences.- The Collusion of the Patriarchs.- Muslim Personal Law and the State: Legal Pluralism and Its Discontents.
£89.99
De Gruyter Race and Racism in Latin America and the
Book SynopsisRace and Racism in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Crossview from Brazil discusses the racial issue in Latin America by inserting Brazil’s perspective within the regional debate, at once contrasting with more common nationally-focused perspectives and highlighting the exchange between the luso and hispano worlds. Through this dialogical scheme, the volume aims to offer a panorama of the historical and contemporary debates on the racial issue across the region. It emphasizes, in particular, slavery’s inheritance, the persistent subordination of the black population along with its mobilization and exchanges, the centrality of the anti-racist struggle and its main actors and intellectuals, the impact of multicultural and racial equality policies, and the development of categorizations. Race and Racism in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Crossview from Brazil brings about the need to enlarge knowledge on the black population in the region, identifying national particularities, distinct historical contexts and forms of categorization and relations with other ethnic groups, The volume also illustrates a current state of affairs, underscoring new debates and challenges which arise in a context of sanitary crisis and black genocide.
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De Gruyter Beyond the Voting Rights Act: The Untold Story of
Book SynopsisBeyond the Voting Rights Act movingly recounts over 30 years of contemporary voting rights battles in the United States from the 1980s to the present day. The book places in context the modern-day battles against voter suppression laws that were embedded in American history and are still underway across the country. It tells a story of that struggle from the author’s perspective beginning as a young African American from Cleveland in the 1980s, who reluctantly became involved within this movement as a student activist and inadvertently rose to become an integral part of the ultimate legislative victory
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Das allgemeine Verwaltungsrecht als Ordnungsidee:
Book SynopsisVerwaltungsrecht soll dem Einzelnen Schutz gewähren und der Verwaltung zur effizienten Erfüllung ihrer Aufgaben rechtlich den Weg ordnen. Dieser Doppelauftrag sieht sich vor neuen Herausforderungen: Was kann die Gesetzesgebundenheit der Verwaltung angesichts komplexer Risikolagen leisten? Welche Rolle kommt den Gerichten zu? Wie reagieren Organisations-, Verfahrens- und Formenrecht auf kooperatives und informales Handeln? Welche Richtung zeichnet das EG-Recht vor? Nur wenn sich Verwaltungsrecht als systematisches Fach versteht, lassen sich durchlaufende, verlässlichere Entwicklungslinien finden. Die 2. Auflage ist grundlegend überarbeitet.Trade ReviewAus den Rezensionen zur 2. Auflage: "… Die Gedanken Schmidt-Aßmanns sind sehr voraussetzungsreich. … Stehen Seminararbeiten an, empfiehlt sich zur wissenschaftlichen Sensibilisierung schließlich die Beschäftigung mit den [sic] Grundlagenteil des Buches … Studierende, die den Lesetipps folgen, werden sich über Jahre hinweg mit einem Gedankensystem auseinandersetzen, das die imponierende Frucht vieler Gelehrtenjahre eines der bedeutendsten Ordinarien des öffentlichen Rechts ist. Das Buch ist voller Anregungen. Seine Lektüre wird das Studium des Europa-, Staats- und Verwaltungsrechts bereichern - was letztlich auch den Fallbearbeitungen in den juristischen Prüfungen zugute kommt." (Professor Dr. Hermann Pünder, in: JURA - Juristische Ausbildung, 2007, Vol. 29, Issue 12, S. 957 ff.)Table of ContentsSystem und Systembildung im Verwaltungsrecht.- Die Verfassungsentscheidungen für Rechtsstaat und Demokratie.- Verwaltungsaufgaben und die Rolle des besonderen Verwaltungsrechts.- Die Eigenständigkeit der Verwaltung zwischen Steuerung und Kontrolle.- Die Verwaltung als Organisation und die Bedeutung des Organisationsrechts.- Das Handlungssystem der Verwaltung: Formen, Verfahren, Rechtsverhältnisse, Maßstäbe.- Die Entwicklung eines Europäischen Verwaltungsrechts.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Social Work at the Level of International
Book SynopsisThe book presents a theoretical and practical approach to international social work. It uses examples from Germany with a long tradition of social work and focuses on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, which is in a pioneering phase in teaching social work while at the same time experiencing a highly explosive situation in global politics. Socio-political challenges such as violence, traumatization, (religious) fundamentalism, ethnicization, changing gender relations, flight and migration call for a professional examination of social work as a human rights profession in international comparison. Table of ContentsThe scientific project ‘CoboSuni’.- Theory.- Teaching.- Topics of Social Work in Kurdistan.- Beyond University teaching: further education and counseling certificates.- Internationalisation in higher education: different perspectives on opportunities and boundaries.- From roots to which routes and roads?
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Moral – Menschenrechte – Demokratie
Book SynopsisDer Band konzentriert und fokussiert die Leitbegriffe Moral, Menschenrechte und Demokratie. Wie diese miteinander verwobenen sind und was sie zu gesellschaftlich und erziehungswissenschaftlich relevanten Kernthemen macht, wird in den Beiträgen zu den Themen Moral, Menschenrechte und Menschenwürdeverletzungen, Demokratiebildung sowie Partizipation analysiert und diskutiert.Eben diese thematische Breite und interdisziplinäre Ausrichtung zeichnet das Arbeiten und Forschen des Erziehungswissenschaftlers Professor Dr. Stefan Weyers aus, dessen wissenschaftliches Werk mit dieser Publikation gewürdigt wird.Table of Contents(Verfehlte) Moral.- (Verletzte) Menschenrechte.- (Gelernte und gelebte) Demokratie.- (Biographische) Qualitativ-rekonstruktive Sozialforschung.
£61.74
Tulika Books Conversations with Ambedkar – 10 Ambedkar
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Tulika Books Alladi Memorial Lectures, Volume 2
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£29.75
NIAS Press Dialogue with North Korea?: Preconditions for
Book SynopsisThere is hardly another country as isolated and with such a bleak image as North Korea. It is portrayed in the Western media as a Hermit Kingdom ruled by an outdated, communist dictatorship whose clandestine nuclear programmes alarm its neighbours and which uses dreadful labour camps to control a population wracked by famine. The regime's poor track record on human rights is stressed time and again by both Western governments and international organizations. Prospects look bleak for any improvement in relations let alone the start of a dialogue on human rights. Offering a rare, nuanced analysis of the North Korean situation, this short study argues that not only is a constructive and fruitful dialogue on human rights possible but also it is desirable for both parties. New perspectives are provided on what is generally perceived about North Korea, its relationship to the international human rights regime, the rationales that underpin decision-making in international relations, and the perceptions and expectations of people occupying official positions in the DPRK bureaucracy. The authors also draw from concrete experiences to give some suggestions to how a dialogue could be established and in what specific areas it is realistic. Here they point to valuable lessons to be learned from the dialogue so far between North Korea and the UN Human Rights regime as well as from the experiences of the already established EU-China human rights dialogue.
£16.16
United Nations Declaration Universelle des Droits de l'Homme
Book SynopsisThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is the first international agreement setting out freedoms, rights and entitlements for all humanity to claim. It emphasizes the inextricable relationship between fundamental freedoms and social justice, and their connection with peace and security. The General Assembly of the United Nations proclaims this Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping the UDHR constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.
£5.34
United Nations Becoming a party to the International Convention
Book SynopsisThis practical guide aims to promote the universal ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and to assist States as they move towards becoming parties to the Convention. Its objective is to provide answers to questions commonly raised by States when considering this commitment. Its purpose is also to offer practical guidance to States regarding the process of becoming a party to the Convention and what that entails
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United Nations Guidelines on indigenous peoples' issues
Book SynopsisThis publication aims to assist the United Nations system to mainstream and integrate indigenous peoples' issues in processes for operational activities and programmes at the country level. It sets out the broad normative, policy and operational framework for implementing a human rights-based and culturally sensitive approach to development for and with indigenous peoples, provide lines of action for planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes involving indigenous peoples and duly integrating the principles of cultural diversity into United Nations country programmes. It 1) provides an overview of the situation of indigenous peoples and the existing international norms and standards adopted to ensure the realization of their rights and resolve some of the crucial issues that they face; 2) presents a practical table and checklist of key issues and related rights; and 3) discusses specific programmatic implications for UNCTs for addressing and mainstreaming indigenous peoples' issues.
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United Nations Towards a human rights-based approach to
Book SynopsisThis training guide is designed to enable participants to understand the human rights perspective on migration, and how human rights laws and standards can be operationalised to make migration safer and an empowering experience for all. It provides an introduction to related principles and issues and is designed for persons with limited knowledge of human rights or migration. The training guide contains session plans for the trainer and is supported by sample slide presentations and associated materials, including activities and handouts for participants, which are available electronically as individual components on the OHCHR website
£35.96
United Nations Report of the Committee on the Rights of the
Book SynopsisThis is the annual report submitted to the General Assembly by the Committee on the Rights of the Child on its Seventy-eighth (14 May-1 June 2018), Seventy-ninth (17 September-5 October 2018), Eightieth (14 January-1 February 2019), Eighty-first (13-31 May 2019), Eighty-second (9-27 September 2019), Eighty-third (20 January-7 February 2020) and extraordinary eighty-fourth session (2-6 March 2020).
£14.20
United Nations Report of the Committee on the Rights of the
Book SynopsisThis is the annual report submitted to the General Assembly by the Committee on the Rights of the Child on its Seventy-second (17 May-3 June 2016), Seventy-third (13-30 September 2016), Seventy-fourth (16 January-3 February 2017), Seventy-fifth (15 May-2 June 2017), Seventy-sixth (11-29 September 2017) and Seventy-seventh sessions (15 January-2 February 2018)
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United Nations Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos
Book SynopsisThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is the first international agreement setting out freedoms, rights and entitlements for all humanity to claim. It emphasizes the inextricable relationship between fundamental freedoms and social justice, and their connection with peace and security. The General Assembly of the United Nations proclaims this Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping the UDHR constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.
£5.34
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Arabic
Book SynopsisThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is the first international agreement setting out freedoms, rights and entitlements for all humanity to claim. It emphasizes the inextricable relationship between fundamental freedoms and social justice, and their connection with peace and security. The General Assembly of the United Nations proclaims this Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping the UDHR constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.
£5.34
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Arabic
Book SynopsisThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is the first international agreement setting out freedoms, rights and entitlements for all humanity to claim. It emphasises the inextricable relationship between fundamental freedoms and social justice, and their connection with peace and security. The General Assembly of the United Nations proclaims this Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping the UDHR constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.
£6.14
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Russian
Book SynopsisThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is the first international agreement setting out freedoms, rights and entitlements for all humanity to claim. It emphasises the inextricable relationship between fundamental freedoms and social justice, and their connection with peace and security. The General Assembly of the United Nations proclaims this Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping the UDHR constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.
£5.34
United Nations Report of the Committee on the Rights of the
Book SynopsisThis is the official Record of the Report of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
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New India Publishing Agency Intellectual Property Rights and Public Policy
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T.M.C. Asser Press Humanness as a Protected Legal Interest of Crimes
Book SynopsisCentral to this book is the concept of humanity in international law. It traces the evolution of that concept within international law, studies the existing theories of crimes against humanity, and lays out its own theory based on an inclusive view of “humanity”. Crimes against humanity are core crimes under international law; their modern definition is found in the Rome Statute. However, their protective scope remains unclear, with the exact meaning of “humanity” left undefined in law.The proposed theory argues that “humanity” should be understood as “humanness” and crimes against humanity should be criminalised because humanness constitutes these crimes’ valid protected interest. This volume in the International Criminal Justice Series offers an analysis of the German doctrine of Rechtsgut to justify the penalization of crimes against humanity at both domestic and international levels.This is the first monograph on crimes against humanity written by an author from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) aimed at an international audience, and should constitute a useful tool for academics, students and practitioners of international law.Rustam Atadjanov, LLB, LLM, Dr.jur., attained his Ph.D. at the University of Hamburg in Germany and is a former Legal Adviser to the Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Central Asia, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Main Substantive Terms, Their Basic Differences and Links, and Leading Working Hypothesis.- Historical Overview of the Development of the Concept of Humanityin International Law and Crimes against Humanity.- “Humanity” within the Contemporary Context of International Law Dealing with Crimes against Humanity.-“Humanity” as a Valid Protected Interest under the Rechtsgutstheorie.- The Protected Legal Interests of Crimes against Humanity and Other Core Crimes under International Law: A Comparative Analysis.- Conclusion.
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T.M.C. Asser Press More Equal than Others?: Perspectives on the Principle of Equality from International and EU Law
Book SynopsisThis book analyses the principle of equality from three perspectives: public international law, private international law and EU law. It is the first book in English providing a comprehensive overview of this principle in these areas of law and showing the current trends and issues concerning its application. Its main goal is to understand whether and to what extent the principle of equality has been affirmed in public and private international law, as well as EU law, and what – if any – the common core of this principle is.The analysis carried out in this contributed volume starts from general analyses of the principle of equality in the areas of the law covered by the book and then discusses the principle in more specific areas, such as human rights law, international adjudication (including investment law) and the law of international organizations. The book is intended to become a benchmark for academics dealing with matters of equality in public international law, private international law and EU law. It will be a useful tool for practitioners too, the collected chapters being based on the relevant case law dealing with the principle of equality. Daniele Amoroso is Professor of International Law in the Department of Law of the University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. Loris Marotti is Assistant Professor of International Law in the Department of Law at the Federico II University of Naples, Italy. Pierfrancesco Rossi is Postdoctoral Fellow in International Law in the Department of Law of Luiss University, Rome, Italy. Andrea Spagnolo is Professor of International Law in the Department of Law of the University of Turin, Turin, Italy. Giovanni Zarra is Professor of International Law and International Litigation in the Department of Law at the Federico II University of Naples, Italy.Table of ContentsPart I. General/Theoretical Aspects.- Chapter 1. Variations on the Principle of Equality in International and EU Law.- Chapter 2. Sovereign Inequality and Struggles for Equality.- Chapter 3. Equality of States and Mutual Membership in European Union Law: Contemporary Reflections.- Part II. Equality of States and International Organizations in International and EU Law.- Chapter 4. Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) and Inequality in International Criminal Justice: A Critical Assessment.- Chapter 5. The Recognition of the Formal Equality of International Organizations by the Means of an International Rule of Incorporation.- Chapter 6. The “Institutionalized Inequality” of the ESM Voting System: Doubts and Perspectives after the Reform.- Part III. Inter-Individual Equality: Human Rights and Conflict of Laws Issues.- Chapter 7. The Status of Workers in EU Free Movement Law: A Difficult Balance Between Equality and Economic Integration.- Chapter 8. Equality and Heteronormativity: Heterosexual Majority and Homosexual Minority in the European Convention on Human Rights.- Chapter 9. Equality, Conflict of Laws and Human Rights.- Chapter 10. Equality in the Application of “Imperative Norms”: A “More Equal than Others” Principle in EU Conflict of Laws in Contractual Matters?.- Part IV. Procedural Aspects of Equality.- Chapter 11. Equality before Courts and Tribunals – The Case for a Comparative Approach.- Chapter 12. Equality in the Access to the ECtHR - Filling Procedural Gaps Concerning Locus Standi and Representation of Extremely Vulnerable Individuals.- Chapter 13. Residual Jurisdiction in Civil and Commercial Matters through the Lens of Non-Discrimination and Reciprocity.- Chapter 14. Equality and Asymmetry in Treaty-Based Investment Arbitration: Counterclaims by Host States.- Part V Epilogue.- Chapter 15. Epilogue - Animal Farm, International Law - Lorenzo Gradoni.- Chapter 16. General Conclusions: (In)Equalities and International Law: Between Old and New Forms.
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T.M.C. Asser Press A Comparison of the European InterAmerican African and Arab Human Rights Courts Institutional Aspects
Book Synopsis1. Introduction.- 2. The Judges, the Bench, and the Rules of Court.- 3. The Jurisdiction of the Courts.- 4. Sources of Law.- 5. Admissibility Criteria and Access to Justice in Regional Human Rights Jurisdictions.- 6. The Processes and Procedures of Hearing a Case.- 7. Interim and Provisional Measures.- 8. Advisory Opinions.- 9. The Issuance of Judgments and Victims' Reparations.- 10. Execution of Judgments and Supervisory Mechanisms.- 11. Regional Human Rights Justice: Past, Present and the Future.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Land Policies in India: Promises, Practices and Challenges
Book SynopsisThis book examines how property rights are linked to socio-economic progress and development. It also provides a theoretical analysis, an economic/social analysis of planning, case studies of the implementation of planning and regulation instruments, practices related to law and planning, analysis of case laws in a particular segment. The interconnection between property, law and planning is a running theme throughout the book. The land question has been central to South Asian development on two counts: First, although the majority of the population relies on agriculture and allied activities their livelihood, landholding is highly skewed; second, urban planning is facing unprecedented challenges due to bourgeoning property values as well as gush of migrants to cities seeking livelihood. The response to these challenges in the form of laws and policies has been very large compared to the academic attention that is received. However, the measures emerging from planning and policies have had limited impact on the extent of the problems. This paradox calls for serious introspection and academic engagement that this book undertakes. The book further deals with the emerging discipline of planning law, which determines property value and use, and argues that regulatory issues of public policy determine the property valuation and property pricing.Table of ContentsHuman Dignity and Property in Land – a Human Rights Approach.- Evolution of Property Rights in India.- Post-colonial Evolution of Water Rights in India and the United States.- Conflicting Interests and Intelligible Utilization of Common Property Resources: a Study of a Tropical Wetland in South India.- Land Transfer Tax Policy Regime and its Influence on Property Markets Analysing the Land Transfer Tax Policy of Kerala in the Last Decade.- Development or-disaster? Land Acquisition and Dispossession in the Mining Belts and Coastal Zones of Rural Odisha, India.- the “Public Purpose” that is not Inclusive.- The Cyclical Interaction of Institutional Constraints to Formal Affordable Housing Market in Raipur, India.- City in Crossfire - the Environment vs. Development Debate in Navi Mumbai.- Property Regimes in India.- Property in India: Global Perspectives, National Issues.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore The Law of Emergency Powers: Comparative Common
Book SynopsisThis book presents a comprehensive legal and constitutional study of emergency powers from a comparative common law perspective. It is one of very few comparative studies on three jurisdictions and arguably the first one to explore in detail various emergency powers, statutory and common law, constitutional and statutory law, martial law and military acting-in-aid of civil authority, wartime and peacetime invocations, and several related and vital themes like judicial review of emergency powers (existence, scope and degree). The three jurisdictions compared here are: the pure implied common law model (employed by the UK), implied constitutional model (employed by the USA) and the explicit constitutional model (employed by India). The book’s content has important implications, as these three jurisdictions collectively cover the largest population within the common law world, and also provide maximum representative diversity. The book covers the various positions on external emergencies as opposed to internal emergencies, economic/financial emergencies, and emergent inroads being made into state autonomy by the central or federal governments, through use of powers like Article 356 of the Indian Constitution. By providing a detailed examination of the law and practice of emergency powers, the book shares a wealth of valuable insights. Specific sub-chapters address questions like – what is the true meaning of ‘martial law’; who can invoke ‘martial law’; when can it be invoked and suspended; what happens when the military is called in to aid civilian authorities; can martial law be deemed to exist or coexist when this happens; what are the limits on state powers when an economic emergency is declared; and, above all, can, and if so, when and how should courts judicially review emergency powers? These and several other questions are asked and answered in this study. Though several checks and constraints have been devised regarding the scope and extent of ‘emergency powers,’ these powers are still prone to misuse, as all vast powers are. A study of the legal propositions on this subject, especially from a comparative perspective, is valuable for any body politic that aspires to practice democracy, while also allowing constitutionally controlled aberrations to protect that democracy. Trade Review“Discerning readers will find the book’s combination of academic rigour, practical insight and considerable forthrightness worthy of commendation.” (The Commonwealth Lawyer, Vol. 31 (1), April, 2021)Table of ContentsChapter 1 – The Concept of Emergency Powers in History and Political Thought: Greek, Roman, and Indian paradigms I. Ideas Underlying the Concept of Emergency Powers II. The Greek Period III. The Roman Dictatorship i. Appointment of Dictators ii. Limitations of Time iii. Non-Derogable Areas iv. Other limitations v. Some additional effects of use of emergency powers vi. The decline of the dictatorship IV. Ancient and Medieval IndiaChapter 2 – Martial Law: A Comparative Analysis of the USA, the UK, and India I. IntroductionII. A Brief History of Martial LawIII. Martial Law in the United Statesi. Military Law, Military Government and Martial Lawii. Absolute and Qualified Martial Law & Preventive and Punitive Martial Lawiii. State of Insurrection and State of Wariv. Historical Instances of Use of Forcev. Is Martial Law Constitutional in USA?vi. Proclamation of Martial Lawa. Identity of Proclaimerb. Nature and Content of Proclamationsc. Necessity and Effect of Proclamationsvii. Permissible consequences of Martial Lawa. Exercise of powers in absence of trial of civilians by military tribunalsb. Trials of civilians by military tribunalsviii. Suspension of the writ of Habeas Corpusa. Martial Law and Suspension of Writ of Habeas Corpus differentiatedb. Who may suspend the writ?IV. Martial Law in Englandi. Historical Evolution and Significant Instances of Useii. Martial Law: Prerogative or Common Law?iii. Proclamations of Martial LawV. Martial Law in Indiai. Pre-Independence Judicial Opinionii. Post-Independence Judicial Opinioniii. Can Martial Law be proclaimed under article 34? An alternative view: Historical Analysis of article 34Chapter 3 – Military Acting in Aid of Civilian Authority I. IntroductionII. Use of Military in Situations not amounting to Martial Law in the United Statesi. The National Guardii. Some instances of use of the military in aid of civil authorityiii. Distinctions between martial law and use of military in aid of civil authorityiv. Principles governing liability of Guardsmen and Higher Officersa. General Principlesb. False arrest and imprisonmentc. Use of excessive forced. Immunity, if any?v. Judicial review of actions of Guard in other situationsvi. Use of force by the Federal Government: The Debs PrincipleIII. Military Acting in Aid of Civil Authority in UKi. Distinction between martial law and military acting in aid of civil authorityii. Historical evolution and current status of the civil decision to deploy militaryiii. Judicial review and some other issues IV. India: No direct comparative jurisprudence exists though some principles are summarizedChapter 4 – Judicial Independence and Economic Emergency with Special Focus on India I. IntroductionII. Economic Emergency under the Indian ConstitutionIII. Financial Independence of the Judiciaryi. Judicial Salaries and Judicial Independenceii. Judicial Salaries and the Question of Independence in the United StatesIV. Financial Independence of Judiciary under the Indian ConstitutionV. Judicial Review of Reduction of Judicial Salaries during an Economic Emergencyi. Colorable Exercise of Powerii. Fundamental Rights Violationiii. Judicial Review and Basic Structure Constitutionalism ConclusionChapter 5 – Emergency Powers in India I. Historical overview of Emergency Powers in Pre-Indepenent Indiai. Pre-British Indiaii. Company Rule: 1600-1857iii. Direct British Rule Prior to First World War: 1858-1914iv. First World War: 1914-18v. Inter War Years: 1919-39vi. Second World War and Independence: 1939-47 II. Emergency Powers in the Indian Constitutioni. Introductoryii. Travaux Preparatories Relating to Constitutional Provisionsiii. Changes in Emergency Provisions During and After 1975iv. Some legal aspects of Emergency Powersa. Proclamation of Emergencyb. Effects of Emergencyv. Post-Independence Emergenciesa. War Emergenciesb. The 1975 Peacetime Emergencyc. Detentionsd. The Press and Media III. President’s Rule: A Sui Generis Emergency Poweri. Introductoryii. Constituent Assembly Debates Relating to Article 355, 356, and 357iii. Post-Independence Changes in Article 355, 356, and 357iv. Some legal aspects of President’s Rule in Indiaa. Role and Status of President and Governor during an article 356 Proclamationb. Duration of Effects of Action under an article· 356 Proclamation· Violation of Constitutional Provisions relating to Parliamentary scrutinyc. Legality of suspension of Assemblyd. Judicial Review and Article 356· State of Rajasthan v. Union of India· S. R. Bommai v. Union of India Post Bommai Development
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Laws and Policies on Surrogacy: Comparative
Book SynopsisThis book is an essential guide on surrogacy, discussing various legal issues that arise in surrogacy cases. It provides a comprehensive coverage to various issues pertaining to surrogacy arrangements due to failure to meet the needs of those involved in surrogacy, be it the intended parents or the surrogate mother, with special emphasis on the most vulnerable party -- the surrogate child. In the wake of this existing imbalance, the call to reform the practice of surrogacy has also increased. The book provides a comprehensive coverage to various laws and policy regulations in existence dealing with surrogacy, and unravels the latest trends and developments happening around the world as surrogacy gains importance. The international perspectives highlight policies and practices being adopted and followed by various nations with regard to surrogacy regulation and associated parenthood rules. This book also analyses some of the significant cross-border disputes revolving around surrogacy, and explores briefly the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights on matters of parentage and citizenship for children born of trans-national surrogacy with special reference to the prospects of a convention on international surrogacy currently being studied by The Hague Conference on Private International Law. Further, it highlights the issues and questions relating to surrogacy arrangements that are so far unresolved and unanswered and suggests measures for improvements to the existing proposed surrogacy legislation in India and need for uniform international regulation. The book is a great resource for legal practitioners, academics, students, policy-makers, infertility clinics, and charitable organizations working on this issue.Table of ContentsCHAPTER I: IntroductionØ An Overview of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)Ø Assisted Reproductive Technology Procedures · In Vitro Fertilization Embryo Transfer (IVF-ET) · Gamete Intra Fallopian Transfer (GIFT) · Zygote Intra Fallopian Transfer (ZIFT) · Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) · Artificial Insemination (AI) · Legal Issues Involved Ø SurrogacyØ Surrogacy Practice-Regulation-Issues CHAPTER II: Issues and Complexities Surrounding Surrogacy Ø Surrogacy & its Evolution Ø Legal Issues · Perplexed Motherhood - (i) Intent Based Theory (ii) Genetic Contribution Theory (iii) Gestational Mother Preference theory (iv) The Best Interest of the Child Theory · Legitimacy of the surrogate Child · Rights of the surrogate Child · Validity of a Surrogacy Contract Ø Moral and Ethical Issues · Does Surrogacy Undermine the Institution of Marriage and Family Life? · Surrogacy as a Tool of Exploitation. · Surrogacy Vs. Prostitution · Surrogacy and Right to Privacy. · Does Surrogacy overshadow Adoption? · Surrogacy and Bias against Child. · Surrogacy and Man Playing God. CHAPTER III: Surrogacy: National and International Perspectives Ø Reproductive Tourism in India Ø Regulation and Enforceability · Constitutional Protection · The Indian Contract Act, 1872 Ø The Indian Council of Medical Research, The National Guidelines for Accreditation, Supervision and Regulation of ART Clinics in India (2005) · Who Can be a Surrogate and Who Can Opt for Surrogacy (ii) Legal Parenthood and Nationality (iii) Consideration Ø The Law Commission of India 228th Report on “Need for Legislation to Regulate Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinics As Well As Rights and Obligations of Parties to a Surrogacy”(2009) . Ø The Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2010 and 2014 · Features of Draft ART Bill, 2010 and 2014 · Who Can be a Surrogate and Who can Opt for Surrogacy · Prohibition of Sex Selection (iii) Enforceability of surrogacy arrangements · (iv) Payment in surrogacy (v) Legal Parenthood/Nationality of the Child (vi) Obligations on the Commissioning Parties (vii) Advertisement (viii) Obligations & Rights of the Surrogate Mother II. Critical Analysis of Draft ART Bill, 2010 (i) General Weaknesses (ii) Ambiguities in the Bill (iii) Contradictions in the Bill Ø The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019 · Features of The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2019 ü Who Can be a Surrogate and Who can Opt for Surrogacy ü Prohibition of Sex Selection (iii) Enforceability of surrogacy arrangements ü (iv) Payment in surrogacy (v) Legal Parenthood/Nationality of the Child (vi) Obligations on the Commissioning Parties (vii) Advertisement (viii) Obligations & Rights of the Surrogate Mother II. Critical Analysis The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019 (i) General Weaknesses (ii) Ambiguities in the Bill (iii) Contradictions in the Bill Ø Recent Developments · The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2020 Ø Surrogacy: International Perspective · (i) Israel (ii) Canada (iii) Australia (iv) United Kingdom (v) Ukraine (vi) Japan (vii) United State of America (viii) New Zealand (ix) Russia (x) Thailand (xi) Nepal (xii) Other Countries CHAPTER IV: Homosexuals and Their Right to Surrogacy Ø The concept of Homosexuality Ø Debate about Homosexuality Ø Homosexual laws: Global Analysis · United States · United Kingdom · Canada · Australia · India · Other Countries · (Sweden, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Singapore, Nepal , Uganda and China etc.) Ø Homosexuals and Their Right to Surrogacy · International Scenario · Indian Scenario Israel (ii) Canada (iii) Australia (iv) United Kingdom (v) Ukraine (vi) Japan (vii) United State of America (viii) New Zealand (ix) Russia (x) Thailand (xi) Nepal (xii) Other Countries CHAPTER V: Third Genders, Live-in Couples, Singles – Option to Surrogacy Ø Third Genders, Live-in Couples and Singles right to reproductive autonomy Ø Global Analysis · United States · United Kingdom · Australia · New Zealand · Japan · Spain · France · Canada Ø Indian Scenario Ø Need to make Inclusive laws Ø Legal and Judicial Recognition of Third Genders, Live-in Couples And Singles. CHAPTER VI: Surrogacy Arrangements the Stake Holders Perspectives Ø From the Perspective of Surrogate Mother · the Right to Reproductive Autonomy · Women autonomy over her body · Right to Health Ø From the Perspective of Surrogate Child · Child Rights: National and international Perspective · Role of Judiciary in Protection of Child Rights · Interplay Between Surrogacy and Child Rights · Role of child commissions in protecting the rights of the surrogate child the rights of the surrogate child Ø Intended Mother · Right to Reproductive Autonomy · Child Care Leave, Maternity benefits Ø Need for an International Regulation for Surrogacy CHAPTER VII: Conclusion and Suggestions Ø Conclusion Ø Suggestions
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Life Imprisonment in Asia
Book SynopsisLife imprisonment is the punishment most often imposed worldwide for what societies regard as the most serious offences. Yet, in Asia the phenomenon has never been studied systematically. Life Imprisonment in Asia fills this major gap. It brings together thirteen new essays on life imprisonment in key jurisdictions in the region. Each chapter consolidates what is known about the law and practice of life imprisonment in the jurisdiction and then explores aspects of the imposition or implementation of life sentences that the authors regard as particularly problematic. In some instances, the main issue is the imposition of life sentences by the courts and their relationship to the death penalty. In others, the focus is on the treatment of life sentenced prisoners. In many instances, the most prominent question is whether life sentenced prisoners should be released and, if so, according to what processes. In the overview chapter, the editors place the complex picture that emerges of life imprisonment in Asia in a global context and point to reforms urgently required to ensure that Asian life sentences meet international human rights standards.Life Imprisonment in Asia should be read by everyone who has an interest in just punishments for serious offences, not only in Asia, but throughout the world. It will be an invaluable tool for lawyers, criminologists, policy makers and penal reform advocates in the region and beyond. Table of Contents1. Japan- Life Imprisonment in Japan: The existing Legal System and Alternative Sanctions to the Death Penalty.- 2. China- Life Imprisonment in China: Law and Practice.- 3. India- Life Imprisonment in India: A Life Without Hope?.- 4. Hong Kong.- 5. South Korea- Life Imprisonment in South Korea: Law and Practice in the Shadow of the Death Penalty.- 6. Vietnam- Life Imprisonment and Human Rights: Reflections on the Vietnamese Context.- 7. Bangladesh- Ensuring a Constructive Prison Experience for Life Sentenced Prisoners in Bangladesh.- 8. Indonesia- Imposing and Enforcing Life Imprisonment in Indonesia.- 9. Malaysia- Reviewing Life Imprisonment in Malaysia: Prospects for Law Reform?.- 10. Singapore- Life Imprisonment in Singapore: Legal and Sociological Perspectives.- 11. Australia- Attempting to Restore a Right to Hope of Release to Life Imprisonment in Australia: The Phuong Ngo Case.- 12. New Zealand- Mapping Life Imprisonment and Indeterminate Sentencing in New Zealand.- 13. Conclusion- Asian Life Imprisonment in Worldwide Perspective.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Global Zero
Book SynopsisThis open access book shows how the adoption of global justice, such as eradication of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), has given rise to controversy, resistance, and transformation at the national, regional, and grass-roots levels in African and Asian countries where FGM/C has been practiced. It provides readers with up-to-date information about the effects of the campaign to eradicate FGM/C and the present situation of those countries, to which preceding books on FGM/C have scarcely referred. Adopting “zero tolerance” as a policy of eradication, WHO and other UN agencies have opposed any type of FGM/C, and many African countries have criminalized the practice. Although the campaign is based on the human rights discourse which is shared globally, the controversies concerning eradication of FGM/C on the national level and the responses of communities on the local level in those countries are diverse and complicated. Various actors such as NGOs, government officials, religious leaders, medical workers, and local inhabitants are embroiled and negotiate with each other concerning its eradication.With this book, readers are provided with an in-depth analysis of the complicated controversies and responses of local communities, referring to their particular historical and social backgrounds. The book provides two chapters on FGM/C in Asian countries, where not many studies have done yet. It also presents readers with a study of the arguments and responses to FGM/C of African immigrants by Australian health-care professionals as well as a study of male circumcision eradication campaigns, which have been carried on in tandem with FGM/C eradication campaigns but still not have been successful. With its many elaborate case studies, this book is highly recommended to readers who seek an in-depth and up-to-date integrated overview of the FGM/C studies as well as studies on the applicability of global justice to local communities.This book won the 13th (2023) Japan Consortium for Area Studies (JCAS) Award for Social CollaborationTable of ContentsPreface (Nakamura, Kyoko) Acknowledgement Introduction (Nakamura, Kyoko) Ch.1 Global Discourse and the Patriarchal Norms of FGM: Beyond the Zero Tolerance Policy (Toda, Makiko) Ch.2 Virtuous Cuts: Female Genital Circumcision in an African Ontology (Abusharaf, Rogaia Mustafa) Ch.3 How Did the Discourses of Globalized Eradication Campaign Reach Grassroots Communities? Female Genital Cutting and Its Eradication Activities among the Yellow Bull in Ethiopia (Miyawaki, Yukio) Ch.4 Cursed or blessed? Female Genital Cutting in the Gamo Cultural Landscape, South Western Ethiopia (Getaneh Mehari) Ch.5 Female Circumcision in Transformation: Medicalization and Ritual Changes among Gusii People in Western Kenya (Miyachi, Kaori) Ch.6 A Grassroots Movement to Eradicate Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting and the Local’s Reaction: A Case Study of the Maasai, Kenya (Hayashi, Manami) Ch.7 An Ethnography of Diversity and Flexibility around Female Circumcision and Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A Case of a Local Community Response to the Abolition Movement of Kenya (Nakamura, Kyoko) Ch.8 Genealogy of the Movement to Abolish FGC in Sudan: Focusing on the Role of Religion (Abdin, Mohamed) Ch.9 Female Genital Cutting in Asia: A case of Malaysia (Rashid, Abdul) Ch.10 Female Genital Cutting in Southeast Asia from the Viewpoint of the Female Body and Sexuality (Iguchi, Yufu) Ch.11 The Role of Men in the Abandonment of FGM/C (Varol, Nesrin) Ch.12 Autonomy and Bodily Integrity and Male Circumcision (Higashi, Yuko) Index
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Global Zero Tolerance Policy and Diverse Responses from African and Asian Local Communities
Book SynopsisThis open access book shows how the adoption of global justice, such as eradication of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), has given rise to controversy, resistance, and transformation at the national, regional, and grass-roots levels in African and Asian countries where FGM/C has been practiced. It provides readers with up-to-date information about the effects of the campaign to eradicate FGM/C and the present situation of those countries, to which preceding books on FGM/C have scarcely referred. Adopting “zero tolerance” as a policy of eradication, WHO and other UN agencies have opposed any type of FGM/C, and many African countries have criminalized the practice. Although the campaign is based on the human rights discourse which is shared globally, the controversies concerning eradication of FGM/C on the national level and the responses of communities on the local level in those countries are diverse and complicated. Various actors such as NGOs, government officials, religious leaders, medical workers, and local inhabitants are embroiled and negotiate with each other concerning its eradication.With this book, readers are provided with an in-depth analysis of the complicated controversies and responses of local communities, referring to their particular historical and social backgrounds. The book provides two chapters on FGM/C in Asian countries, where not many studies have done yet. It also presents readers with a study of the arguments and responses to FGM/C of African immigrants by Australian health-care professionals as well as a study of male circumcision eradication campaigns, which have been carried on in tandem with FGM/C eradication campaigns but still not have been successful. With its many elaborate case studies, this book is highly recommended to readers who seek an in-depth and up-to-date integrated overview of the FGM/C studies as well as studies on the applicability of global justice to local communities.This book won the 13th (2023) Japan Consortium for Area Studies (JCAS) Award for Social CollaborationTable of ContentsPreface (Nakamura, Kyoko) Acknowledgement Introduction (Nakamura, Kyoko) Ch.1 Global Discourse and the Patriarchal Norms of FGM: Beyond the Zero Tolerance Policy (Toda, Makiko) Ch.2 Virtuous Cuts: Female Genital Circumcision in an African Ontology (Abusharaf, Rogaia Mustafa) Ch.3 How Did the Discourses of Globalized Eradication Campaign Reach Grassroots Communities? Female Genital Cutting and Its Eradication Activities among the Yellow Bull in Ethiopia (Miyawaki, Yukio) Ch.4 Cursed or blessed? Female Genital Cutting in the Gamo Cultural Landscape, South Western Ethiopia (Getaneh Mehari) Ch.5 Female Circumcision in Transformation: Medicalization and Ritual Changes among Gusii People in Western Kenya (Miyachi, Kaori) Ch.6 A Grassroots Movement to Eradicate Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting and the Local’s Reaction: A Case Study of the Maasai, Kenya (Hayashi, Manami) Ch.7 An Ethnography of Diversity and Flexibility around Female Circumcision and Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A Case of a Local Community Response to the Abolition Movement of Kenya (Nakamura, Kyoko) Ch.8 Genealogy of the Movement to Abolish FGC in Sudan: Focusing on the Role of Religion (Abdin, Mohamed) Ch.9 Female Genital Cutting in Asia: A case of Malaysia (Rashid, Abdul) Ch.10 Female Genital Cutting in Southeast Asia from the Viewpoint of the Female Body and Sexuality (Iguchi, Yufu) Ch.11 The Role of Men in the Abandonment of FGM/C (Varol, Nesrin) Ch.12 Autonomy and Bodily Integrity and Male Circumcision (Higashi, Yuko) Index
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ISEAS Can Malaysia Eliminate Forced Labour by 2030?
Book SynopsisForced labour, encompassing various types of coercive practices and rights violations, is an entrenched problem in Malaysia. Recent years have seen more decisive and concerted efforts to resolve the problem and repair Malaysia's damaged reputation, but the country's forced labour woes escalated amid COVID-19, with exposés and trade embargoes in 2020–21.Most consequentially, the US has imposed withhold release orders (WROs) on major rubber glove manufacturers and palm oil producers. For two consecutive years, 2021–22, Malaysia has occupied the lowest Tier 3 in the US Trafficking in Persons report. In November 2021, the country's National Action Plan on Forced Labour (NAPFL), formulated through tripartite engagements with the participation of the International Labour Organization, was launched, with the third National Action Plan on Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP 3.0) operating in tandem.The NAPFL outlines strategies and integrated measures for eventually eliminating forced labour by 2030, which requires systemic solutions commensurate with the magnitude of underlying problems. Forced labour has persisted despite the official termination of labour outsourcing and increased intergovernmental bilateral initiatives to better manage foreign worker flows. Continual challenges in the labour supply industry and the administrative system, including the problematic overlapping powers of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Human Resources, complicate the creation and implementation of a more just, effective and accountable migrant worker system.Government-to-government (G2) agreements, through Memorandum of Understanding, have become the established platform, but are marred by inconsistency and lack of transparency. The new government of Malaysia will need to address deep-seated issues and confront vested interests, domestically and in the labour source countries, to realize the aspiration of eliminating forced labour by 2030.
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Springer Human Rights of the Transgender Community in India
Book SynopsisChapter 1: Conceptualizing Violence, Victimisation And Human Rights In Perspective Of Transgender Community In West Bengal.- Chapter 2: Transgender Jurisprudence: History, Development, And Intervention Of Courts.- Chapter 3: Analysing The Transgender Community.- Chapter 4: Transgender Jurisprudence: History, Development And Intervention Of Courts.- Chapter 5: Violence Against Transgender Persons: Global Scenario.- Chapter 6: Indian Scenario Of Violence: Empirical Study Of West Bengal.- Chapter 7: Human Rights Derogation And Victimisation Of Transgender Persons: Empirical Data.- Chapter 8: Revelations From The Field: Interpretation Of Quantitative And Qualitative Data.- Chapter 9: Conclusion And Suggestions.
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Palgrave Macmillan Refugees and Asylum Seekers in East Asia
Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Part I: Regulation and legal protection of refugees and asylum seekers in Japan and Taiwan.- Chapter 1. South Korea's dual asylum system as a model for Taiwan?.- Chapter 2. How refugee protection is handled in non-UN member states: Lessons for Taiwan.- Chapter 3. Human rights issues in the Japanese refugee recognition process and the legal progress towards a more inclusive refugee system.- Chapter 4. Japanese and Taiwanese Approaches to Future Climate Refugees.- Part II: Social construction of refugees and asylum seekers in Japan and Taiwan.- Chapter 5. Pictures of Hong Kongers in Japan and Taiwan: A text-mining analysis of news media.- Chapter 6. Kurdish community in Japan and the representation of Kurdish identity and activism on social media.- Chapter 7. Japan's refugee policy and public opinion: Nationalism as a factor in Japanese public opinion on refugees.- Part III: Lived experiences of refugees and asylum seekers in Japan and Taiwan.- Chapter 8. Asylum seeking
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NUS Press Abolitions as a Global Experience
Book SynopsisThe abolition of slavery and similar institutions of servitude was an important global experience of the nineteenth century. Considering how tightly bonded into each local society and economy were these institutions, why and how did people decide to abolish them? This collection of essays examines the ways this globally shared experience appeared and developed. Chapters cover a variety of different settings, from West Africa to East Asia, the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean, with close consideration of the British, French and Dutch colonial contexts, as well as internal developments in Russia and Japan. What elements of the abolition decision were due to international pressure, and which to local factors? Furthermore, this collection does not solely focus on the moment of formal abolition, but looks hard at the aftermath of abolition, and also at the ways abolition was commemorated and remembered in later years.This book complicates the conventional story that global abilition was essentially a British moralizing effort, “among the three or four perfectly virtuous pages comprised in the history of nations”. Using comparison and connection, this book tells a story of dynamic encounters between local and global contexts, of which the local efforts of British abolition campaigns were a part.Looking at abolitions as a globally shared experience provides an important perspective, not only to the field of slavery and abolition studies, but also the field of global or world history.
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Dunort Publications Together in Biafra
Book SynopsisWhen a country experiences a civil war, media reports are mainly brought to the attention of the outside world by those who can only report on the surface impressions obtained during a short visit or from the comfort of a studio thousands of miles away. My experiences, living and working at the grass roots level, during and after the crisis in Nigeria in the 1960s has a different perspective. As a young Scotswoman married to a Nigerian from the breakaway republic of Biafra we lived as refugees with our young family, forced to leave our home seven times in the 30 months of the civil war as the war raged around us. Cut off from the outside world, in a situation the British High Commissioner in Nigeria had predicted at the onset, would be over in two weeks, we lived a life full of experiences which gave me a `qualification in survival' no university could have imparted. Without electricity, gas, petrol or phones, and often without money, medicine or safe drinking water we learned to appreciate the basic necessities of life. I was 18 years old, living in Dunfermline, Scotland when the man I was to marry asked me for a dance at the Kinema Ballroom. Two years later my career plan to qualify as a nurse was over and I was married to Len Ofoegbu, with a baby daughter and we were on our way to a new and very different life. Our first home was in the capital, Lagos, and was a big culture shock to Len and I. The newly independent West African country was already experiencing political and civil unrest, leading to violence, massacres, coups, and the inability of the central government to control the situation. Hundreds of thousands of Easterners who had settled throughout the whole of the country now `went home' as they had become the targets of slaughtering mobs. The secession of the Eastern Region, calling itself Biafra, followed and a David and Goliath bitter conflict ensued. The word `kwashiorkor' and pictures of starving children and adults appeared in the Western press for the first time. I was one of around a dozen, mainly British, foreign wives of Biafrans who remained with their husband throughout the civil war. I worked voluntarily with relief agencies in feeding centres, clinics, an orphanage and, after Biafra surrendered in January 1970, in a children's hospital in return for food for my growing family. In May 1970 we moved back to live in Lagos where we went through more crises as a family. I became an early member of Nigerwives, an organisation for foreign wives and partners of Nigerians which became like an extended family as we gave mutual support and strove to resolve anomalies in Nigerian laws which put unnecessary restrictions affecting our particular circumstances. By the 1980s I accepted that my husband and I had grown so far apart that I could no longer remain with him. My legal reason to remain in Nigeria was `to accompany him' and he could withdraw his immigration responsibility for me at any time. I needed a security which he could not give me and I left him and Nigeria to begin a new life and career in Britain in 1985. I was advised when I completed the original manuscript in the 1970s not have it published as Nigeria was extremely sensitive about any account which was sympathetic to the Biafran side of the civil war. In 1986 a much shorter version of Together in Biafra, titled Blow The Fire, telling the story up to 1970 was printed by Tana Press in Nigeria. I retain the copyright. It was published under my married name Leslie Jean Ofoegbu. It has been cited in academic papers. An example is A Lingering Nightmare: Achebe, Ofoegbu and Adichie on Biafra, Francoise Ugochukwu 2011.
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Oxford University Press Freedom Summer
Trade Review`A major contribution.' Library Journal`Freedom Summer is an extremely interesting, readable account of the summer of 1964. It is clearly written, detailed, and well documented; enlivened by the words of those who experienced that summer.' Tampa Tribune Times`What sets Freedom Summer apart from other historical literature on the period is its contemporary appeal. The book doesn't end in 1964. Its major focus is on volunteers today, their way of life, political activity and views on marriage, careers and the `80s.' San Francisco Chronicle
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