Books

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 relating to human rights.

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 few bishops in the country, particularly Bishop Malcolm Ranjith, who categorically states the "He [Jesus] was not bothered about social oppression, injustice and the like [that were] strongly visible in His own times."

Not to Hurt the Womb That Gave Birth is the 3rd book of the Human Rights and Spirituality series of publications by the AHRC. This book is the product of the sharing of the lives and spirituality of the 35 people who participated in the second workshop on human rights and spirituality held in Baguio in Central Luzon, the Philippines, from 18 to 22 October, 1997. The group included women and men spanning the several generations of activism whose spiritual resources spring from their lives lived as Catholics, Protestants, Muslims and indigenous people.

This is the report of the Seminar and Workshop on the theme: Judiciary for the 21st Century, which was held at BMICH, Colombo, and Subodhi Institute, Piliyandala, Sri Lanka. The seminar and the workshop was organised by the Vigil Lanka Movement in association with the Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong. This workshop was the second leg of the process initiated by the Vigil Lanka Movement in providing recommendations for judicial reforms in Sri Lanka especially related to the area of human rights. The Seminar and Workshop were attended by distinguished jurists from India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.

This is the final document of a workshop of 11 experienced Sri Lankan lawyers and a group of Indian law experts including a few former Chief Justices and Supreme Court Judges in India.

A People's Charter - On the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Asian Human Rights Commission has been concerned about Cambodia for the past few years and hopes to help keep the Asian community abreast of the developments in the country, particularly with regard to the protection and promotion of human rights. A fact-finding mission, therefore, was organized from March 28 - April 1, 1994, to investigate key human rights issues that the people of Cambodia now face.

AHRC is wide active in promoting the perception of human rights which gives equal weight to economic, social and cultural rights as to the civil and political rights. This booklet is the Report of a workshop jointly organized by AHRC and Lasallian Community Education Services (LCES), a small NGO working in the slums of Colombo whose work include empowerment of women, the marginalised poor, drop outs, non-school-going children through skills training and working for upliftment of families in the slums through education and improving nutrition.

This book is a collection of articles and reports by Hong Kong people on a wide range of human rights issues in Hong Kong. Instead of confining to civil and political rights, this book provides a wider perspective to include human rights issues of different sectors and minorities.