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SEP 5, 1997 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 10 (Fall 1997): Efforts, East and West, to Improve Human Rights Assessments: Articles: Human Rights Assessments: A Role for UNDP?
Håkan Björkman asks whether United Nations development agencies, such as UNICEF, should be assessing human rights around the world.
SEP 5, 1997 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 10 (Fall 1997): Efforts, East and West, to Improve Human Rights Assessments: Articles: "The West" Is Not Only the United States: European Assessments of Human Rights
Peter R. Baehr analyzes the human rights of European nations. These countries continue to contribute to the development of more balanced human rights assessments in ...
SEP 5, 1997 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 10 (Fall 1997): Efforts, East and West, to Improve Human Rights Assessments: Articles: Human Rights for the Next Century
Chris Jochnick provides his view on the future of human rights along with the predicted efforts of the United Nations and other NGOs.
SEP 5, 1997 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 10 (Fall 1997): Efforts, East and West, to Improve Human Rights Assessments: Articles: The Need for an Intercivilizational Approach to Evaluating Human Rights
Onuma Yasuaki is engaged in a critique of some of the standards currently used by Western NGOs to assess the state of human rights within ...
SEP 5, 1997 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 10 (Fall 1997): Efforts, East and West, to Improve Human Rights Assessments: Articles: ESC Rights Assessments at the UN
United Nations system for monitoring implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), is done by the Committee on Economic, Social, ...
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 ...
JUN 5, 1997 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 9 (Summer 1997): Innovative Human Rights Strategies in East Asia: Articles: Human Rights, Soccer Balls, and Better Business Practices
Reebok has sought a solution that reflects its long-standing commitment to human rights and its own human rights standards by implementing many different programs in ...
JUN 5, 1997 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 9 (Summer 1997): Innovative Human Rights Strategies in East Asia: Articles: Awarding Korean Companies for Social Responsibility
KEJI rewards companies after being evaluated for their ethical performance as large Korean corporations in hopes that, as Chun Byung-Hwa points out, can be used ...
JUN 5, 1997 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 9 (Summer 1997): Innovative Human Rights Strategies in East Asia: Articles: Implementing Women's Human Rights in Malaysia
Norani Othman points out the the potential problems and solutions to promoting women's rights in an Islamic society in Malyasia.
JUN 5, 1997 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 1, Number 9 (Summer 1997): Innovative Human Rights Strategies in East Asia: Articles: Seeking to End Discrimination Through Dowa Education
Non-Japanese are treated as second-class citizens, the indigenous Ainu was forced to assimilate, and gender inequality still exists. Dowa (liberation) education, aims at persuading those ...