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Dealing with human rights : Asian and Western views on the value of human rights
Grondrecht en wisselgeld. English.
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- Creator
- edited by Martha Meijer
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Amsterdam : Greber Pub. ; Oxford : WorldView Pub. ; Bloomfield, CT : Kumarian Press, in association with the Netherlands Humanist Committee on Human Rights (HOM), 2001
- Physical Details
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- viii, 183 pages : portraits ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781565491281, 1565491289, 9781872142579, 1872142575, 9781872142586, 1872142583
- OCLC
- ocm45668891
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-181).
- Introduction / Martha Meijer -- 1. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights / Daan Bronkhorst -- 2. 'Asian Values' and the Universality of Human Rights / Xiaorong Li -- 3. Beyond Eurocentrism: The Need for a Multicultural Understanding of Human Rights / Farish A. Noor -- 4. Culture is Destiny: Fareed Zakaria in Conversation with Lee Kuan Yew / Lee Kuan Yew -- 5. Is Culture Destiny? The Myth of Asia's Anti-Democratic Values: A Response to Lee Kuan Yew / Kim Dae Jung -- 6. Human Rights are not for Sale: On Universality and Conditionality / Willem van Genugten -- 7. The Price of Just Trade Measures: The Sanctions Against Iraq / Hadewych Hazelzet -- 8. The Human Dimension: Human Rights Impact Assessment as an Instrument / Martha Meijer -- App. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Information on the Netherlands Humanist Committee on Human Rights/Humanistisch Overleg Mensenrechten (HOM)