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JUN 5, 1997 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 9 (Summer 1997): Innovative Human Rights Strategies in East Asia: Articles: Interview with Doug Cahn

What are the motivating factors behind Reebok’s Human Rights Production Standards and similar efforts in corporate responsibility? Human Rights Dialogue interviews Doug Cahn about ...

Amartya Sen, Morgenthau Memorial Lecture, 1997

MAY 25, 1997 Article

Morgenthau Lectures (1981–2006): Human Rights and Asian Values

Human rights are neither a uniquely Western phenomenon nor a hindrance to economic development, the charges usually leveled against those who seek to implement human ...

MAR 5, 1997 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 8 (Spring 1997): Transitional Justice in East Asia and its Impact on Human Rights: Articles: Bringing Justice to an Unjustified Past in Korea

With the recent verdicts against two former presidents accused of human rights abuses and corruption, Korea now appears as a harbinger of democracy and justice ...

MAR 5, 1997 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 8 (Spring 1997): Transitional Justice in East Asia and its Impact on Human Rights: Articles: The Sensitive Question of Transitional Justice in Indonesia

Andreas Harsono examines whether Indonesian President Suharto would take the risk of stepping down for democracy and allow himself to be prosecuted for human rights ...

MAR 5, 1997 Article

Transitional Justice in East Asia and its Impact on Human Rights

The Philippine case demonstrates the challenges of transitional justice even in a country where a new democratic government was brought into existence through massive popular ...

MAR 5, 1997 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 8 (Spring 1997): Transitional Justice in East Asia and its Impact on Human Rights: Articles: Human Rights and the Cambodian Past: In Defense of Peace Before Justice

Kassie Neou and Jeffrey C. Gallup detail how the transitional government has handled the human rights abuses of the past, particularly the Khmer Rouge and ...

MAR 5, 1997 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 8 (Spring 1997): Transitional Justice in East Asia and its Impact on Human Rights: Articles: A Reassessment of Peace and Justice in Cambodia

His Excellency Kem Sokha discusses transitional justice, as he focuses on the greatest violator of human rights in Cambodian history: the infamous Khmer Rouge.

MAR 5, 1997 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 8 (Spring 1997): Transitional Justice in East Asia and its Impact on Human Rights: Articles: Ethnic Reconciliation and Political Reform Before Justice in Burma

Maran La Raw questions whether the governmental framework proposed by the future transitional government is capable of resolving the ethnic and political problems that have ...

DEC 5, 1996 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 7 (Winter 1996): New Issues in East Asian Human Rights - A Conference Report: Articles: The Appropriateness of Rights Language

At the workshop, the language and logic of the indivisibility of rights—as expressed at the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna—fell victim ...

DEC 5, 1996 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 7 (Winter 1996): New Issues in East Asian Human Rights - A Conference Report: Articles: Balancing Rights, Duties, and Underlying Values

In their reluctance to unconditionally embrace rights language and logic, some participants turned to the concepts of duty and responsibility, which are commonly believed to ...