Human Rights: Universality and Cultural Diversity of the World

AbstractSoutheast Asia is one of the most culturally diverse regions in the world. Nevertheless, unlike minorities and indigenous peoples in Western states, minorities and indigenous peoples in Asia have never received much attention from politicians or legal scholars. The level of minority protection varies from state to state, but can, in general, be called insufficient. At the regional level, for instance, within the context of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), there are no mechanisms devoted specifically to the protection of minorities and indigenous peoples. In December 2008, the ASEAN Charter entered into force. In July 2009 the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission on Human Rights were adopted. Both the Charter and the ToR refer to human rights and to cultural diversity, but omit to refer explicitly to minorities or indigenous peoples. In this article, the extent to which this reticence with regard to the protection of minorities and indigenous peoples is dictated by the concept of Asian values and ASEAN values is explored. Further, it is analysed how, instead, ASEAN seeks to accommodate the enormous cultural diversity of this region of the world within its system. Finally, the tenability of ASEAN's policy towards minorities and indigenous peoples in the light of, on the one hand, the requirements of international legal instruments concerning the protection of minorities and indigenous peoples and, on the other hand, the policies of the national states that are members of ASEAN is determined.

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Universality of human rights and cultural diversity: A Perspective

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad ◽

10.17159/1727-3781/2003/v6i2a2873 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 157

Author(s):

Leon Wessels

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Human Rights ◽

Cultural Diversity ◽

South African ◽

Common Humanity ◽

The World ◽

Universal Human Rights

This speech is an attempt to offer á perspective, given the particular circumstances4 that moulded my thinking. I will sketch the background and confine myself to the unfolding South African scene. The problem, which I will not try and resolve today, is that the different regions in the world and some commentators, also in South Africa, hold firm views. Universal human rights imply inclusiveness because it reflects our “common humanity”.6 This is determined and refined through interpretation and application by humankind at particular moments in time and history. Universality is much more than the determination by a majority at a particular moment because universal human rights “are the rights of all persons in the world”.

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The cultural diversity of contemporary Iraq in the light of security threats and conflicts between its components

Journal of Scientific Papers Social development & Security ◽

10.33445/sds.2021.11.3.7 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 72-78

Author(s):

Ziyad Abdulqadir

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Human Rights ◽

Middle Class ◽

Cultural Diversity ◽

Security Threats ◽

The World ◽

Legal Structures ◽

Social Minorities ◽

Forms Of Violence ◽

Diverse Cultures

In the necessities of friend-hood between peoples and nations, spreading a culture of peaceful and social coexistence, and moving away from all forms of violence, threats, and harassment of national, religious, and social minorities. The peoples of the world have successful experiences in enriching the concepts of coexistence and multiculturalism, as in a number of European and American countries. The culture and citizenship as a right for all Iraqis as an economic and productive resource for development, the spread culture of human rights and cultural diversity in one country are beneficial. Rather, it means openness to diverse cultures that enrich human characteristics, explode the energies of creativity and participation, economic development, in order to avoid the feeling of the power superiority of the great "nation" over small nations it needs to assimilate a culture of diversity, participation, and dialogue at the grassroots and middle-class levels, as to be associated with institutions, cultural and legal structures, constitutional legislation, and economic, social and educational reforms. To end up the authority of tyranny that dominates all components, and the various local groups in their customs, traditions, languages, and ways of expressing them, requires popular awareness and an intellectual renaissance so that contributes to the transition to a new stage.

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Postcolonial dilemmas of children’s rights

Decolonizing Childhoods ◽

10.1332/policypress/9781447356400.003.0008 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 127-160

Author(s):

Manfred Liebel

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Cultural Diversity ◽

Latin American ◽

Latin American Country ◽

Children's Rights ◽

Children’S Rights ◽

Asian Countries ◽

Rational Thinking ◽

Rights Of The Child ◽

The World

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has strongly influenced the worldwide debates about what is suitable for children and what children are to be entitled to. In these debates, the Convention is not unanimously welcomed. In addition to those who question children's rights in general, because children are (supposedly) not capable of rational thinking, even children's rights advocates stand for at least two opposing positions. While some consider the Convention as a milestone on the way to a better childhood and only complain about the lack of implementation, others see it as an imperial Eurocentric project that globalizes the Western notions of childhood despite cultural diversity and imposes it on the ‘rest of the world’. This chapter goes beyond these controversial positions leading to a more differentiated assessment. Since children's rights are understood as human rights, the most pressing question is how the universal claim of these rights can be assessed. The chapter explores the main dilemmas in the realization of children’s rights in their postcolonial contexts. It challenges them with reference to concrete cases from some Asian countries (Vietnam, India and Indonesia) and one Latin American country (Bolivia) and discusses possible ways out.

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ANTROPOLOGERS OG INDFØDTE FOLKS FÆLLES VIRKELIGHED: Tre beretninger

Tidsskriftet Antropologi ◽

10.7146/ta.v0i32.115442 ◽

1996 ◽

Author(s):

Ulla Hasager

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

United Nations ◽

Cultural Diversity ◽

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Environmental Sustainability ◽

Self Determination ◽

Global Factor ◽

The Pacific ◽

The World ◽

The Common

Ulla Hasager: The common reality of anthropologists and Indigenous peoples: three narratives The „traditional object" of anthropology - the indigenous peoples of the world - are becoming an increasingly visible global factor with the fourth world movements for self-determination and with the United Nations’ efforts to create standards for indigenous human rights. However, at the same time as the indigenous peoples are celebrated as guardians of environmental sustainability and biological and cultural diversity - and thereby for securing the memory as well as the future of mankind - their lands and resources are coveted by multinational corporations, govemments and other agencies, their genes are patented and preserved and their cultures are recorded - most often by anthropologists. In spite of these opposing trends and threats, indigenous peoples now have a more powerful position vis-å-vis anthropologists, who on their part are beginning to acknowledge the responsibilities that come with being part of the same living world as the indigenous peoples and therefore have begun the task of revising their theoretical foundations. Not only because they want to, but because the relatively more powerful and outspoken indigenous peoples demand it. This article looks at the changing situation for indigenous peoples in the Pacific, primarily Hawai’i, and outline the consequences for the conditions of research, methods of research and publication for anthropologists.

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Introduction: Thinking Places: Indigenous Humanities and Education

The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education ◽

10.1017/s1326011100003914 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 34 ◽

pp. 1-6 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Marie Battiste ◽

Cathryn McConaghy

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Cultural Diversity ◽

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Way Of Life ◽

Political Ideologies ◽

The People ◽

High Commissioner ◽

The World ◽

The University ◽

At Home

Every conception of humanity arises from a specific place and from the people of that place. How such places shape and sustain the people of a place is the focus of education that enables each student to understand themselves and makes them feel at home in the world. The notion of Indigenous humanities being developed at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon represents an example of such ecological teachings and practices of what constitutes humanity. Ecology is the animating force that teaches us how to be human in ways that theological, moral and political ideologies are unable to. Ecology privileges no particular people or way of life. It does, however, promote Indigenous humanity as affirmed in Article 1 of the 1966 UNESCO Declaration of the Principles of International Cultural Co-operation: “Each culture has a dignity and value which must be respected and preserved” (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 1966). In the Eurocentric versions of humanity, this concept is sometimes referred to as cultural diversity; yet Indigenous peoples prefer the concept of Indigenous humanities.

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TO THE QUESTION OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR TORTURE IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Sociopolitical sciences ◽

10.33693/2223-0092-2020-10-2-103-106 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 103-106

Author(s):

ASTEMIR ZHURTOV ◽

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Russian Federation ◽

Large Scale ◽

Human Life ◽

International Standards ◽

World Community ◽

The World ◽

Long Time ◽

Protection Of Human Rights ◽

The Russian Federation

Cruel and inhumane acts that harm human life and health, as well as humiliate the dignity, are prohibited in most countries of the world, and Russia is no exception in this issue. The article presents an analysis of the institution of responsibility for torture in the Russian Federation. The author comes to the conclusion that the current criminal law of Russia superficially and fragmentally regulates liability for torture, in connection with which the author formulated the proposals to define such act as an independent crime. In the frame of modern globalization, the world community pays special attention to the protection of human rights, in connection with which large-scale international standards have been created a long time ago. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international acts enshrine prohibitions of cruel and inhumane acts that harm human life and health, as well as degrade the dignity.Considering the historical experience of the past, these standards focus on the prohibition of any kind of torture, regardless of the purpose of their implementation.

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Conflict and Financial Scandal on History, Culture, and Politic

International Journal of Contemporary Research and Review ◽

10.15520/ijcrr/2018/9/03/476 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (03) ◽

pp. 20628-20638

Author(s):

Anik Yuesti ◽

I Made Dwi Adnyana

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Church Leaders ◽

Christian Church ◽

Spiritual World ◽

Political Interests ◽

The World ◽

Financial Scandals ◽

Financial Transparency ◽

The Church ◽

Transparency And Accountability

One of the things that are often highlighted in the world of spirituality is a matter of sexual scandal. But lately, the focus of the spiritual world is financial transparency and accountability. Financial scandals began to arise in the Church, as was the case in the Protestant Christian Church of Bukti Doa Nusa Dua Congregation in Bali. The scandal involved clergy and even some church leaders. This study aims to describe how the conflict occurred because of financial scandals in the Church. The method used in this study is the Ontic dialectic. Based on this research, the conflict in the Bukit Doa Church is a conflict caused by an internal financial scandal. The scandal resulted in fairly widespread conflict in the various lines of the organization. It led to the issuance of the Dismissal Decrees of the church pastor and also one of the members of Financial Supervisory Council. This conflict has also resulted in the leadership of the church had violated human rights. Source of conflict is not resolved in a fair, but more concerned with political interests and groups. Thus, the source of the problem is still attached to its original place.

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Making Human Rights a Reality

10.23943/princeton/9780691155357.001.0001 ◽

2013 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

International Law ◽

World Population ◽

International Human Rights Law ◽

Legal Norms ◽

Human Rights Protection ◽

National Human ◽

The World ◽

Protection Of Human Rights ◽

National Human Rights Institutions

In the last six decades, one of the most striking developments in international law is the emergence of a massive body of legal norms and procedures aimed at protecting human rights. In many countries, though, there is little relationship between international law and the actual protection of human rights on the ground. This book takes a fresh look at why it's been so hard for international law to have much impact in parts of the world where human rights are most at risk. The book argues that more progress is possible if human rights promoters work strategically with the group of states that have dedicated resources to human rights protection. These human rights “stewards” can focus their resources on places where the tangible benefits to human rights are greatest. Success will require setting priorities as well as engaging local stakeholders such as nongovernmental organizations and national human rights institutions. To date, promoters of international human rights law have relied too heavily on setting universal goals and procedures and not enough on assessing what actually works and setting priorities. This book illustrates how, with a different strategy, human rights stewards can make international law more effective and also safeguard human rights for more of the world population.

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Conceptions And Interpretations of Human Rights in Europe and Asia: Normative Aspects

E-Theologos Theological revue of Greek Catholic Theological Faculty ◽

10.2478/v10154-010-0011-9 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 117-135

Author(s):

Bożena Drzewicka

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

International Law ◽

International Humanitarian Law ◽

Humanitarian Law ◽

International Human Rights ◽

The West ◽

Human Rights Protection ◽

Rights Protection ◽

The World ◽

International Human

Conceptions And Interpretations of Human Rights in Europe and Asia: Normative AspectsThe issue of confronting values between civilizations has become very important. It influences not only the level of international politics but also the international normative activity. It is very interesting for the modern international law and its doctrine. The most important factor of causing huge changes in the system of international law is still the international human rights protection and the international humanitarian law which is related to it. It is very difficult to create one catalogue of executive instruments and procedures but it is possible to influence the attitude toward the basic paradigms. The frictions appear from time to time and move to other planes. The West and Asia are still antagonists in the dialogue on the future of the world. The article is a contribution to the intercivilizational dialogue.

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