Sense and Simplicity in Legal and Human Rights Co-Operation: A Case Study of Indonesia

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-206
Author(s):  
Nicola COLBRAN
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Significant Time ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
The Face ◽  
Political Realities

AbstractDevelopment co-operation in the legal and human rights sector is challenging. It is political, nuanced, and involves multiple, often competing, stakeholders. Adding to this, significant time is spent determining suitable fields for co-operation, designing comprehensive programmes, and establishing robust monitoring and evaluation frameworks. Donors often strive for “ownership” of programmes with tangible results that justify ongoing co-operation. Amid this added complexity, it is easy to forget that good programmes are often simple, well-founded ones that set realistic goals and timeframes. Sense and simplicity can be overlooked. This article draws on lessons learned from personal experiences in two legal and human rights co-operation programmes in Indonesia to discuss six points at the heart of this concept of sense and simplicity. The points are not exhaustive, and are not always easy to implement in the face of political realities. They are a starting point, and stress the need to get back to basics when planning, implementing, and monitoring such programmes.

scholarly journals Development on Indigenous Homelands and the Need to Get Back to Basics with Scoping: Is there Still "Unceded" Land in Northern Ontario, Canada, with Respect to Treaty No. 9 and its Adhesions?

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-49
Author(s):  
Leonard Tsuji ◽  
Stephen Tsuji
Keyword(s):  
Literature Search ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Northern Ontario ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Library And Archives Canada ◽  
Bare Minimum ◽  
Comprehensive Literature Search

Scoping includes the establishment of unambiguous spatial boundaries for a proposed development project (e.g., a treaty) and is especially important with respect to development on Indigenous homelands. Improper scoping leads to a flawed product, such as a flawed treaty or environmental impact assessment, by excluding stakeholders from the process. A comprehensive literature search was conducted to gather (and collate) printed and online material in relation to Treaty No. 9 and its Adhesions, as well as the Line-AB. We searched academic databases as well as the Library and Archives Canada. The examination of Treaty No. 9 and its Adhesions revealed that there is unceded land in each of four separate scenarios, which are related to the Line-AB and/or emergent land in Northern Ontario, Canada. Lastly, we present lessons learned from our case study. However, since each development initiative and each Indigenous Nation is unique, these suggestions should be taken as a bare minimum or starting point for the scoping process in relation to development projects on Indigenous homelands.

Unlocking the value of HR to drive a change-ready culture

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 171-176
Author(s):  
Campbell Macpherson
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Culture Change ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
World Culture ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Large Organization ◽  
The Real ◽  
Personal Experiences

Purpose This paper aims to present a case study focused on developing a change-ready culture within a large organization. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on personal experiences gleaned while driving an organization-wide culture change program throughout a major financial advisory firm. Findings This paper details over a dozen key lessons learned while transforming the HR department from a fragmented, ineffective, reclusive and disrespected department into one that was competent, knowledgeable, enabling and a leader of change. Originality/value Drawing on the real-world culture change intervention detailed here, including results and lessons learned, other organizations can apply similar approaches in their own organizations – hopefully to similar effect.

Combat Social Work in Vietnam, 1968–1969

2020 ◽  
pp. 65-92
Author(s):  
Raymond Mansour Scurfield
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Vietnam War ◽  
Combat Veterans ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Military Career ◽  
Health Practitioners ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
The U.S

This chapter presents combat social work in the U.S. Vietnam war. The author discusses his military career, the special challenges and lessons from his year-long tour of duty and a combat social worker’s view of the realities on the ground. This chapter provides a case study of how behavioral health practitioners in-country were confronted with what the author refers to as the psychiatric paradox—Was a psychiatric casualty “too sane” to be medially evacuated or “too sick” to be returned to duty?—coupled with significant pressure to return psych casualties to duty. The author describes his personal experiences and how he came home changed and interested in helping fellow combat veterans. He describes the lessons learned from his further mental health services to hundreds of war veterans postwar and the pervasive impact of war on those exposed to war, directly or indirectly, and their long-term recovery.

scholarly journals REFORMASI SYARI’AH DAN WACANA HAK ASASI MANUSIA (Studi Pemikiran Hukum Abdullah An-Na’m)

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Jamhari Jamhari
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Radical Islam ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Face ◽  
Good Starting Point ◽  
Human Rights Standards

<p>Abstract: Abdullah An-Na'im is the figure of the modern<br />thinker; his work is a good starting point of radical Islam<br />modernist and fundamentalist position that both of them<br />dominate contemporary thinking in the Islamic world.<br />According to Shari'ah are no longer relevant and no longer<br />adequate for the needs of modern society, it has led to serious<br />problems when dealing with human rights standards. An-Na'im<br />transformed basic understandings of traditional Islamic law. In<br />terms of Shari'ah, An-Na'im advocated a new system of Islamic<br />law which is believed to provide a thorough foundation more in<br />line with Islamic life in the contemporary world. This article<br />will explore formulation in the face of political structures, social<br />order, criminal law, international law and human rights.</p><p><br />ملخص: عبد لله النعیم ھو الرقم المفكر المعاصر؛ عملھ ھو نقطة انطلاق جیدة ل<br />الحداثیة الإسلام المتطرفة و الموقف الأصولي أن كلا منھم تھیمن على التفكیر<br />المعاصر في العالم الإسلامي . وفقا ل أحكام الشریعة الإسلامیة لم تعد مناسبة والتي لم<br />تعد كافیة لتلبیة احتیاجات المجتمع الحدیث، وقد أدى ذلك إلى مشاكل خطیرة عند<br />التعامل مع معاییر حقوق الإنسان. النعیم تتحول التفاھمات الأساسیة للقانون الإسلامي<br />التقلیدي. من ناحیة الشریعة الإسلامیة، دعا النعیم نظام جدید للشریعة الإسلامیة التي<br />یعتقد أنھا توفر أساسا شاملا أكثر انسجاما مع الحیاة الإسلامیة في العالم المعاصر.<br />ھذه المادة سوف تستكشف صیاغة في مواجھة البنى السیاسیة والنظام الاجتماعي،<br />والقانون الجنائي والقانون الدولي و حقوق الإنسان.</p><p>Kata Kunci : Reformasi Syariah, Abdullah An-Na’im</p>

Disaster Prevention Achieved

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. McLean ◽  
Donald P. Schwert ◽  
Kathleen M. Macek-Rowland ◽  
Thomas M. DeSutter ◽  
H. Katherine O'Neill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Resilience ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Red River ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
Upper Midwest ◽  
The North ◽  
Health Leadership ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Face

Many communities in the US Upper Midwest have been battling record floods in recent decades. This chapter focuses on a spring flood event in 2009, when the Greater Fargo area avoided destruction from the Red River of the North by utilizing mitigation efforts. Included in the undertaking was the mobilization of the community to place millions of sandbags, as well as the creative repurposing of resources. This case study presents a model of community resilience in a geographically vulnerable region. It illustrates the achievement of flood disaster prevention in the face of imminent and severe threat; the reinforcement and enhancement of community resilience based on averting disaster; the channeling of fear-related behaviors into constructive community actions; and the complexity of factors that create unique flood risks along the Red River of the North. Lessons-learned provided for not only a recovery framework, but also a recognition of the value of behavioral health leadership in disaster situations.

scholarly journals Fé cristã e Direitos Humanos: caminhos que convergem e nos conduzem ao encontro com o Criador e ao Bem-Viver | Christian faith and Human Rights: paths that converge and lead to the encounter with the Creator and to Good Living

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-135
Author(s):  
João Ferreira Santiago
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Reciprocal Relation ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Will ◽  
Good Living ◽  
Present Text

Este artigo trata da relação próxima e recíproca entre religião e direitos humanos a partir da autocompreensão cristã enquanto ponte que liga e religa o ser humano a si mesmo; os seres humanos entre si; e toda a humanidade ao seu criador. Desse modo, opta-se por uma contribuição teológica para a reflexão acerca dos direitos humanos fundamentais que possam auxiliar a pessoa de fé a reconhecer nessa agenda pública algo que lhe é particular. A saber, em linguagem confessional, reconhecer direitos humanos como vontade de Deus. Com um ponto de partida antropológico, busca-se uma fidelidade à tradição profética judaico-cristã. Desse modo, o presente texto assume a virada hermenêutica da teologia ocorrida no século XX diante de novas demandas humanas e, consequentemente, de novos modos de ler e atualizar a sabedoria da fé no horizonte de uma sociedade do Bem-Viver. This article deals with the close and reciprocal relation between religion and human rights from the Christian self-comprehension while a bridge that connects and reconnects the human being to itself; the human beings with each other; and all mankind with its creator. Therefore, it opts for a theological contribution to a reflection about the fundamental human rights that can help people with faith to recognize in this public agenda. Namely, in confessional language, the work recognizes human rights as the will of God. With an anthropological starting point, it aims to be faithful to the Judeo-Christian prophetic tradition. In this way, the present text assumes the hermeneutical turn of theology that took place in the twentieth century in the face of new human demands and, consequently, of new ways of reading and updating the wisdom of faith in the horizon of a society of Good Living.

Innovation during evolution: Document Supply Service digitises library collections

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarita Moreno ◽  
Anne Xu
Keyword(s):  
Resource Sharing ◽  
National Library ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
The Face ◽  
Strategic Goals ◽  
User Demand

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the development of digitisation practices at the National Library of Australia Document Supply Service, its convergence with similar efforts in the Library's Digitisation and Photography Branch, and how the Library used Relais to manage and report on its digitisation activities. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use a case study approach and their own personal experiences with implementing these services. Findings – Digitisation based on ILL/DD user demand contributes to building a library's digital collections and helps to preserve valuable collections. Libraries are encouraged to seize opportunities that help to achieve its strategic goals, experiment with new and different approaches and technologies, persevere in the face of obstacles or slow uptake of ideas and solutions, and never stop looking for opportunities to improve user services. Originality/value – This paper was originally presented at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 79th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, 17-23 August 2013, Singapore, Session 200, “Strengthening Access to Information: The Future of Resource Sharing”.

scholarly journals An Indigenous Pacific Human Rights Mechanism: Some Building Blocks

2009 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie Baird ◽  
Valmaine Toki
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Starting Point

This article explores the possibility of  a Pacific regional human rights mechanism, in particular in regard to how the rights contained in such a mechanism should be framed. It provides a case study of the New Zealand seabed and foreshore legislation and its impact in New Zealand as well as the CERD Committee's reaction to the challenge to that legislation.  Secondly, the article using the case study as a starting point, discusses the importance of an indigenous "lens" to develop the composition of rights in a Pacific regional mechanism.

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