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Human Rights in Asia : Some issues

Human Rights in Asia : Some issues. Jeff Plantilla HURIGHTS OSAKA. Diverse Peoples, Diverse Situations. Issues in Asia-Pacific. Asia is confronted with diverse issues arising from the multitude of situations in the subregions and countries within its territory.

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Human Rights in Asia : Some issues

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  1. Human Rights in Asia:Some issues Jeff Plantilla HURIGHTS OSAKA

  2. Diverse Peoples, Diverse Situations

  3. Issues in Asia-Pacific Asia is confronted with diverse issues arising from the multitude of situations in the subregions and countries within its territory. Best option: highlight a few issues

  4. Preliminary Thoughts • Jakarta Post editorial • Conversation with a Burman • Rape of a Thai girl • CAP and DRIK • Village Constitutions

  5. Transition Period Change beyond the intellectuals Fukuzawa Yuichi

  6. Northeast Asia

  7. Unsettled History

  8. Subregional Contexts • Mekong subregion - unsettled history between Thailand, Burma, Kampuchea, Laos • Indonesia-Malaysia - each country claims ownership of specific cultural icons (traditional dance [Pendet], song [Rasa Sayang]), textile design (batik), puppetry (wayang kulit), dagger (kris), national anthem (Negaraku) • Indo-Pak relations - unending feud among people who originally lived in one country • Gulf region - Saudi Arabia (Sunni) versus Iran (Shia) dynamics

  9. Subregional Contexts • These subregional tensions have underlying issues that are generally founded on perception of superiority (and aided by economic strength) of one country over the other(s). • This perception (wrong in the first place) leads to stereotyping of people in a negative sense (backward, violent, etc.) that is a form of discrimination. Popular protests arise, that turn violent in some cases, based mainly on hate. • Northeast Asia has the most difficult subregional situation as shown in the absence of any intergovernmental subregional structure.

  10. Hong Kong

  11. Mainland China www.businessinsider.com.au/china-ghost-cities-2011-11

  12. Japan Business and Human Rights

  13. Japan Business and Human Rights

  14. Business and Human Rights

  15. West Asia

  16. Foreigners

  17. Domestic Workers Rally in Lebanon

  18. GCHR://gc4hr.org/news/view/584

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