Books

STATEMENT and PAPERS from the Seminar on Ways The Religious Groups can Promote the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment. This publication comes at a crucial time in the development of human rights in Asia. The Asian Human Rights Commission is receiving new cases of torture to [&hel...

CREATING THE SOCIAL FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINING DEMOCRACY A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE IDEAS OF N. F. S. GRUNDTVIG (1783 -1872) DENMARK and B. R. AMBEDKAR (1881-1956) INDIA by W. J. Basil Fernando Impiled in the concepts of Ambedkar and Grundtvig about the people is their views on the nature of political culture which sustain an […]

Papers from an Asian Seminar on Fair Trial This book comes out at a crucial time when threats to fair trial are visible in all Asian countries. In fact, there are very good reasons to suspect that the importance of the fair trial is diminishing fast in this region. If Cesare Beccaria was to be […]

This document presents the findings, conclusions and recommendations of the People’s Tribunal on Food Scarcity and Militarization in Burma. The Tribunal’s work will appeal to all readers interested in human rights and social justice, as well as anyone with a particular interest in Burma. The Asian Human Rights Commission prese...

Three commissions which investigated the involuntary removals or disappearance of persons have submitted their reports. They looked into more than 16,800 cases. A fourth commission is now investigating into over 10,000 cases. The only actions that have come as a result so far are the issue of death certificates for over 18,000 persons, gr...

THIS CONSULTATION on labour law reforms was preceded by a series of other discussions on human rights-related law reforms. They were the Consultation held in Bangalore, India, in 1996 on Basic Criminal Law Reforms; the Consultation on Social Justice and the Judiciary, which concentrated on judicial reform; the Seminar on the Independence ...

This new book which is published in July 1998, examines the nature of the Cambodian legal system. Problems Facing the Cambodian Legal System, by Basil Fernando, 157 pages, argues that the socialist system of justice still exists in Cambodia despite many attempts to reform. The book includes a foreword by Justice Michael Kirby, former Spec...

3-in-1 including: (A) Dialogue of Religious on Human Rights + (B) Power vs. Conscience + (C) Not To Hurt the Womb That Gave Birth. This book contains a collection of three publications by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the theme of human rights and spirituality. It represents the thought of many persons and group reflections. T...

This is the document of the first meeting under the above theme. A group of committed people from various Asian religious backgrounds and social involvement contributed to this book through their experiences. This book contains their reflections which will help to deepen the discussions on various aspects of morality and spirituality rela...

POWER vs. CONSCIENCE studies the introduction and development of Vatican II teachings in Sri Lanka and the division of the Catholic Church that has occurred as a result. It deals with the work of Bishop Leo Nanayakkara, Fr. Michael Rodrigo and Fr. Tissa Balasuriya and compares their thinking with the teachings now promoted by a […]