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 ...
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: Challenges to and Prospects for Implementation
What can human rights proponents do when victims, say prostitutes, see their work not so much as a violation of their dignity—let alone a ...
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: Shifting Responsibility: State and Nonstate Actors
When the factors of social disintegration deny the realization of particular rights to an individual or collective, who in a given society is expected to ...
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 Role of Cultural Reflection
Relative to globalization and development imperatives, renewed reflection on cultural traditions played a lesser, or not clearly delineated, role as the impetus for emerging rights ...
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: Identity, Recognition, and Group Rights
The threat of either homogenization or "forced multiculturalism" posed by globalization has fueled crises of identity, the politics of difference, and struggles for recognition. Indigenous ...
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: Globalization and Its Impact on Rights Consciousness
While economic growth can assist the progressive implementation of some social rights such as education, it also tends to generate new abuses, such as poor ...
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 ...