Series 1, Number 9 (Summer 1997): Innovative Human Rights Strategies in East Asia

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Increasingly, an evolving rights enunciation and implementation process is taking place outside of the international and national bodies designated to monitor and implement human rights. Local community members and grassroots collectivities, often assisted by NGOs, are developing innovative approaches to human rights implementation. This volume highlights some of the inspirational approaches by people at the grassroots level, as well as positive strategies undertaken by corporations. Articles include the bottom-up participatory approach used by Filipino fisherfolk in their struggle for subsistence; local government initiatives in Korea and China that have assisted in the progressive implementation of economic and social rights; "cultural mediation" strategies by the Sisters in Islam who work to advance women's rights and status in Malaysia; and Reebok's "soccer ball" initiative.

Articles

Introduction: Innovative Human Rights Strategies in East Asia | 06/05/97
This issue of Dialogue highlights some of the inspirational approaches and continuing structural challenges to human rights implementation in East Asia. Author(s): Tonya Cook

A People-Centered Approach to Human Rights | 06/05/97
A “people-centered” approach to human rights is arising from the grassroots, making people in struggle the determinative players in human rights standard setting, monitoring, and enforcement. Author(s): Clarence Dias

Accompanying Fisherfolk in Their Local Struggles for Social Justice and Human Dignity | 06/05/97
The right of the fisherfolk to a dignified life as social actors, not passive recipients of government charity, is fulfilled by their participation in the transformation of the development process. Author(s): Nenita M. Cura

Setting Standards for Indigenous Peoples' Rights: From the Grassroots Up | 06/05/97
Jannie Lasimbang goes over the functions of the AIPP, which acts as a regional forum for Asian indigenous groups by enabling them to participate in its conferences, among other things. Author(s): Jannie Lasimbang

Promoting Local Autonomy in Korea | 06/05/97
Kim Dong-Ik retraces the problems local autonomy has had in Korea as well has it's recent revival and development. The Citizen’s Coalition for Economic Justice (CCEJ) has been at the forefront of this effort. Author(s): Kim Dong-Ik

Popular Demands for Village Elections in Rural China | 06/05/97
Amidst popular demands for election in rural China, Lianjiang Li reports on the struggles and reality of democratic promotion in rural villages along with the spread of local autonomy, or lack thereof. Author(s): Lianjiang Li

Educating for Human Rights: Asian Challenges and Achievements | 06/05/97
Richard Pierre Claude examines the role of education in promoting human rights. He cites that NGOs play a bigger role in Asia because of the lack of intergovernmental organizations that promote human rights education. Author(s): Richard Pierre Claude

Seeking to End Discrimination Through Dowa Education | 06/05/97
Non-Japanese are treated as second-class citizens, the indigenous Ainu was forced to assimilate, and gender inequality still exists. Dowa (liberation) education, aims at persuading those who discriminate to stop voluntarily. Author(s): Yasumasa Hirasawa

Implementing Women's Human Rights in Malaysia | 06/05/97
Norani Othman points out the the potential problems and solutions to promoting women's rights in an Islamic society in Malyasia. Author(s): Norani Othman

Awarding Korean Companies for Social Responsibility | 06/05/97
KEJI rewards companies after being evaluated for their ethical performance as large Korean corporations in hopes that, as Chun Byung-Hwa points out, can be used to carry out more effective lobbying and reform movements. Author(s): Chun Byung-Hwa

Human Rights, Soccer Balls, and Better Business Practices | 06/05/97
Reebok has sought a solution that reflects its long-standing commitment to human rights and its own human rights standards by implementing many different programs in Pakistan. Author(s): Doug Cahn

Interview with Doug Cahn | 06/05/97
What are the motivating factors behind Reebok’s Human Rights Production Standards and similar efforts in corporate responsibility? Human Rights Dialogue interviews Doug Cahn about the obstacles and effects of these efforts, so far.