Non-Governmental Organizations and the ASEAN Charter

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jürgen Rüland
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Human Rights Protection ◽  
Market Opening ◽  
Rights Protection ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The Government

Non-governmental organizations were the main antipode to the Indonesian government in the ASEAN Charter debate. The chapter shows how NGOs proliferated in Indonesia’s post-1998 democratization and became major actors in the country’s domestic politics, including the debate on Indonesia’s ASEAN policies. The chapter examines how civil society activists localized European concepts of regional integration. NGOs promoted bolder reforms than did the government, focusing on popular empowerment in regional decision making, human rights protection, and social benefits for the less advantaged segments of society. NGOs pleaded for an “alternative regionalism” or “regionalism from below,” which critically evaluated ASEAN’s government-driven market-opening reforms. Even more than the government, NGOs also imported ideas on regionalism not only from Europe, but also from Latin America and Africa. Yet NGOs, too, localized these alien concepts of regionalism with extant ideas on welfare, organicism, anticapitalist traditions, and—to a lesser extent—security.

scholarly journals Incorporation of Human Rights in International Relations

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (4. ksz.) ◽  
pp. 85-92
Author(s):  
Upal Aditya Oikya
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Major Change ◽  
Human Rights Protection ◽  
Rights Protection ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Human Rights Regime ◽  
Humanitarian Crises ◽  
Universal Human Rights

Human rights have been firmly enmeshed in both studies and practice of international relations. The prevailing theories of international relations describe the function of those rights in substantially dissimilar ways, and it is apparent that their key statements include compelling arguments, suggesting an inconvenient apposition of state sovereignty with ideas of universal moral order. The development of the universal human rights regime of the United Nations (UN), the growth of international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and, eventually, human rights activists have made it possible for human rights to be more deeply incorporated into state diplomatic activities.  These trends, however, raise critical concerns about the practice of the state of human rights. Although there is some reversal of the norm, however, states continue to face humanitarian crises and show signs of human rights protection domestically and promotion internationally to varying degrees. In the same way, we are also seeing a major change in the principles and procedures of international enforcement of human rights. The goal of this paper is to address briefly certain variables relevant to the incorporation of human rights in international relations.

scholarly journals Detention of Refugee Children in Malaysia and Thailand

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Samitra Parthiban ◽  
Khoo Ying Hooi
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Refugee Children ◽  
Refugee Convention ◽  
Human Rights Protection ◽  
Rights Protection ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Legal Method ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
State Actors ◽  
Rights Issues

The refugee issue in Malaysia and Thailand is one of the most protracted human rights issues that both countries face. Regardless of abundant requests and advocacies by non-state actors, both locally and internationally, to persuade the governments of Thailand and Malaysia to provide protection to refugees, the fate of these refugees remain uncertain. One of the key limitations for the human rights protection of the refugees is that both countries did not sign the 1951 Refugee Convention or its 1967 Protocol, moreover, both Thailand and Malaysia do not treat the refugee issue as a domestic problem. This paper examines the detention of refugee children in Malaysia and Thailand with the main intention to advocate for the method of Alternatives to Detention (ATD) as a solution to the shortcomings in a legal method. Based on that, this paper first explores the human rights situation of refugee children in detentions by looking into the current detention practices of both countries. Secondly, this paper examines the strategies and tactics of how the local Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) advocate and convince their governments to adopt the approach of ATD.

Evolution of artificial intelligence and its impact on human rights: from sociolegal perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheshadri Chatterjee ◽  
Sreenivasulu N.S. ◽  
Zahid Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The Government ◽  
Unique Study ◽  
Rights Issues

Purpose The applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in different sectors have become agendas for discussions in the highest circle of experts. The applications of AI can help society and can harm society even by jeopardizing human rights. The purpose of this study is to examine the evolution of AI and its impacts on human rights from social and legal perspectives. Design/methodology/approach With the help of studies of literature and different other AI and human rights-related reports, this study has taken an attempt to provide a comprehensive and executable framework to address these challenges contemplated to occur due to the increase in usage of different AI applications in the context of human rights. Findings This study finds out how different AI applications could help society and harm society. It also highlighted different legal issues and associated complexity arising due to the advancement of AI technology. Finally, the study also provided few recommendations to the governments, private enterprises and non-governmental organizations on the usage of different AI applications in their organizations. Research limitations/implications This study mostly deals with the legal, social and business-related issues arising due to the advancement of AI technology. The study does not penetrate the technological aspects and algorithms used in AI applications. Policymakers, government agencies and private entities, as well as practitioners could take the help of the recommendations provided in this study to formulate appropriate regulations to control the usage of AI technology and its applications. Originality/value This study provides a comprehensive view of the emergence of AI technology and its implication on human rights. There are only a few studies that examine AI and related human rights issues from social, legal and business perspectives. Thus, this study is claimed to be a unique study. Also, this study provides valuable inputs to the government agencies, policymakers and practitioners about the need to formulate a comprehensive regulation to control the usage of AI technology which is also another unique contribution of this study.

Context

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Necati Polat
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Regime Change ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Old Regime ◽  
Human Rights Protection ◽  
Rights Protection ◽  
The Government ◽  
Full Swing ◽  
Desperate Attempt

The overall domestic context following the full defeat of the old regime in Turkey, and the main contours of the Islamist (‘Islamo-nationalist’, Millî Görüş) populism now in full swing, are described in this chapter. The discussion looks into the mood in the pro-government circles, with some emphasis on the Islamist speculations on democracy—terrifying to the secular masses—and the effective rule by policy, rather than law, enabled by the growing cult of Erdogan. This chapter also describes the spectacular fall out between the government and the former allies, who strongly shared in the power through the new bureaucracy, the Gulen cult. One centrifugal factor detected in portraying the setting is the formal commitment to the human rights protection system in Europe, which, paradoxically, acquired greater intensity during the regime change in a desperate attempt on the part of the government to by-pass the former centres of power.

Complexities in Human Rights Protection: Actors and Rights Involved in the Ogoni Conflict in Nigeria

1997 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sigrun I. Skogly
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Business ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Transnational Corporations ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Rights Protection ◽  
Rights Protection ◽  
Environmental Ngos ◽  
The Government

The execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the other environmental and human rights activists in Nigeria in November 1995, represented flagrant violations of human rights. What was exceptional about this case was that the uprising, which ultimately lead to the executions, was not primarily aimed at the Government, but rather at one of the large transnational corporations, Shell Oil. The article analyses the composition of the actors and the various human rights involved in this conflict. It argues that the complexity of the conflict is shown through the wide variety of environmental NGOs, human rights NGOs, international business and organisations that were implicated in it. The article points to the interrelatedness of various human rights - and the interlinkedness to environmental issues, claiming that environmental organisations were forced’ to use rights language, while human rights organisations needed to address environmental issues. And ultimately, the business actor has publicly stated intent to observe a human rights accountability.

scholarly journals GOOD GOVERNANCE PERSPEKTIF MAQAASID ASY-SYAARI’AH KONTEMPORER

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Muhammad Iqbal Juliansyahzen
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
Human Rights Protection ◽  
Rights Protection ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
The Government

AbstractGood governance is a concept for governance that should be run. Theoretically, the discourse of good governance reaps its pros and cons since it had been firstly introduced. However, as a concept and a strategic offer it deserves to be appreciated and re-examined. There are principles in good governance that are compatible with Islam such as accountability, transparency, deliberation, and others. Good governance will be achieved when it involves a good communication among the government, civil society, and the business sector. The author uses the perspective of contemporary maqaasid asy-shari'ah to view the discourse with more emphasis on development and right. The perspective is different from the old maqasid which emphasizes more on the protection and preservation. The result of the study shows that good governace needs  harmonious relationship among the followers of religion, social justice, organized and equitable education, human rights protection, and the development of civilized law.Keywords : Good Governance, Maqâsid asy-Syaari’ah, DevelopmentAbstrakGood governance merupakan sebuah konsep tata kelola pemerintahan yang seharusnya dijalankan. Secara teoritis, diskursus good governace menuai pro-kontra sejak awal kemunculannya. Meskipun demikian, sebagai sebuah konsep dan tawaran strategis patut untuk diapresiasi dan dikaji kembali. Terdapat prinsip-prinsip dalam good governance yang berkesesuaian dengan Islam diantaranya akuntabilitas, transparansi, musyawarah, dan lainnya. Upaya mewujudkannya tidak hanya dilakukan oleh satu pihak saja, tetapi komunikasi antara pemerintah (goverment), masyarakat sipil, dan sektor dunia usaha. Dalam melihat diskursus ini, penulis menggunakan perspektif maqaasid asy-Syaari’ah kontemporer dengan lebih menekankan pada development (pembangunan; pengembangan) dan right (hak-hak). Berbeda dengan maqasid lama lebih pada protection (perlindungan) dan preservation (penjagaan; pelestarian). Berdasarkan hasil kajian tersebut bahwa dalam mewujudkan good governace diperlukan pembangunan dalam berbagai aspek seperti membangun hubungan harmonis antar pemeluk agama, mewujudkan keadilan sosial, penyelenggaran dan pemerataan pendidikan, perlindungan terhadap hak asasi manusia, pembangunan hukum berkeadaban.. Kata kunci: Good Governance, Maqaasid asy-Syaari’ah, dan Pembangunan

scholarly journals In a Poor State: The Long Road to Human Rights Protection on the Basis of Social Condition

1969 ◽  
pp. 513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn A. Iding
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Financial Burden ◽  
Social Condition ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Economic Rights ◽  
Human Rights Protection ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Rights Protection ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Public Sphere

This article examines how poverty in Canada might be alleviated with different forms of human rights protection that include protection from discrimination on the basis of social condition. Social condition discrimination could include denial of goods and services based on stereotypes of poverty, or could include disadvantage resulting from actual inability to pay. If based only on stereotypes, the author argues, social condition would be differentiated from other grounds of discrimination. Poor people need to be protected from the prejudice of others as well as the effects of being poor, and this may be accomplished by incorporating full social condition protection in both human rights legislation and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Canada has international obligations concerning poverty, and those obligations are sometimes recognized by the courts in their decisions. However, economic rights have been consistently rejected as having Charter protection, perhaps out of fear that courts would be commanding the government to create or alter social programs. The author concludes that the Charter might still be the most effective place for economic rights, placing the initial onus more on the public sphere, which would at the same time consequently distribute some of the financial burden in the private sphere.

scholarly journals Perlindungan Hak Asasi Manusia terhadap Narapidana Narkotika Sebagai Warga Binaan Pemasyarakat Menurut Undang-Undang Nomor 12 Tahun 1995 Tentang Pemasyarakatan

Wajah Hukum ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 192
Author(s):  
Sigit Somadiyono ◽  
Nella Octaviany Siregar
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Correctional Officers ◽  
The State ◽  
Human Rights Violations ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Human Rights Protection ◽  
Rights Protection ◽  
Human Rights Act ◽  
The Government

This research specifically discusses the human rights of prisoners as prisoners in prison, which in their daily lives must be respected, upheld and protected by the state, the law (in this case the Penitentiary Act to be in line with the Human Rights Act), the government through the apparatus is correctional officers and fellow inmates. Prisoners in their daily life can make mistakes and lives that are in contact with human rights violations. The object of this research is the human rights of inmates as prisoners in prison (WBP). The formulation of the problems in this study are (1) How are the human rights protection arrangements for prisoners in prison according to Law Number 12 of 1995; and (2) How is the implementation of human rights protection for narcotics prisoners in prison in East Tanjung Jabung Regency. This study uses Law Number 12 of 1995 Concerning Corrections and other derivative regulations. The results showed that there were differences in the implementation of human rights protection for prisoners with Law Number 12 of 1995 Concerning Corrections. 

scholarly journals Human Rights For Women Or The Human Rights Of Women?: Pakistan, CEDAW And The Gatekeepers

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-37
Author(s):  
Anoosh Khan
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Human Rights Protection ◽  
Rights Protection ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
The Government

This paper demonstrates why it is important to have a separate international covenant for the human rights protection of women or CEDAW. The paper begins by discussing the birth of human rights and its evolution to human rights of women in particular. Using Pakistan as an example, the paper discusses Pakistan’s CEDAW country reports to date. The key issues presented by the Government of Pakistan in it’s state CEDAW reports are highlighted. Then, applying the ‘gatekeeper theory’ some of the findings of the respective shadow reports are highlighted. Finally, there are suggestions for a plan of action that should be adopted by the Government of Pakistan to ensure human rights in general and the human rights of women in particular.

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