Pakistan and Human Rights

Pakistan and Human Rights
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 309
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ISBN-10 : 9781793646071
ISBN-13 : 1793646074
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis Pakistan and Human Rights by : Satvinder Juss

Pakistan and Human Rights consists of a series of innovative and carefully chosen chapters by leading experts and specialists in the field of human rights law. With contributions from young emerging scholars, many of whom live and work in Pakistan, this volume takes a critical look at the legal ordering of human rights issues in Pakistan today.

Women, the Koran and International Human Rights Law

Women, the Koran and International Human Rights Law
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Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages : 274
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ISBN-10 : 9789004152373
ISBN-13 : 9004152377
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Women, the Koran and International Human Rights Law by : Niaz A. Shah

Religion plays a pivotal role in the way women are treated around the world, socially and legally. This book discusses three Islamic human rights approaches: secular, non-compatible, reconciliatory (compatible), and proposes a contextual interpretive approach. It is argued that the current gender discriminatory statutory Islamic laws in Islamic jurisdictions, based on the decontextualised interpretation of the Koran, can be reformed through "Ijtihad": independent individual reasoning. It is claimed that the original intention of the Koran was to protect the rights of women and raise their status in society, not to relegate them to subordination. This Koranic intention and spirit may be recaptured through the proposed contextual interpretation which in fact means using an Islamic (or insider) strategy to achieve gender equality in Muslim states and greater compatibility with international human rights law. It discusses the negative impact of the so-called statutory Islamic laws of Pakistan on the enjoyment of women's human rights and robustly challenges their Koranic foundation. While supporting the international human rights regime, this book highlights the challenges to its universality: feminism and cultural relativism. To achieve universal application, genuine voices from different cultures and groups must be accommodated. It is argued that the women's human rights regime does not cover all issues of concern to women and has a weak implementation mechanism. The book argues for effective implementation procedures to turn women's human rights into reality.

Amnesty International Report 2017/2018

Amnesty International Report 2017/2018
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Publisher : Amnesty International Report
Total Pages : 408
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ISBN-10 : 0862104998
ISBN-13 : 9780862104993
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Amnesty International Report 2017/2018 by : Amnesty International

Islam, Human Rights and Child Labour in Pakistan

Islam, Human Rights and Child Labour in Pakistan
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Publisher : NIAS Press
Total Pages : 44
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ISBN-10 : 8787062461
ISBN-13 : 9788787062466
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis Islam, Human Rights and Child Labour in Pakistan by : Alain Lefebvre

What this study argues, using the example of child labour in Pakistan, is that a distinction has to be made between the notions of human rights as they are expressed within Islam, and the objective socio-economic and political conditions of each specificMuslim country.

World Report 2019

World Report 2019
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Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Total Pages : 847
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ISBN-10 : 9781609808853
ISBN-13 : 1609808851
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis World Report 2019 by : Human Rights Watch

The best country-by-country assessment of human rights. The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human rights in every corner of the globe.

International Human Rights

International Human Rights
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Publisher : Westview Press
Total Pages : 305
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ISBN-10 : 9780813345024
ISBN-13 : 0813345022
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis International Human Rights by : Jack Donnelly

International Human Rights examines the ways in which states and other international actors have addressed human rights since the end of World War II. This unique textbook features substantial attention to theory, history, international and regional institutions, and the role of transnational actors in the protection and promotion of human rights. Its purpose is to explore the difficult and contentious politics of human rights, and how those political dimensions have been addressed at the national, regional, and especially international levels. The fifth edition is substantially updated, rewritten, and revised throughout, including updates on multilateral institutions (especially the UN's Universal Periodic Review process and the Human Rights Council's Special Procedures mechanisms), regional systems, human rights in foreign policy (including a specific chapter on U.S. foreign policy), humanitarian intervention and the "responsibility to protect," and (anti)terrorism and human rights. The book also includes a new chapter on the unity (indivisibility) of human rights. Chapters include discussion questions, case studies for in-depth examination of topics (including new case studies on the U.N. Special Procedures, Myanmar, and Israeli settlements in West-Bank Palestine), and ten "problems" (including new entries on the war in Syria and hierarchies between human rights) tailored to promote classroom discussion.

Religion, Human Rights and International Law

Religion, Human Rights and International Law
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Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages : 593
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ISBN-10 : 9789004158269
ISBN-13 : 900415826X
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Religion, Human Rights and International Law by : Javaid Rehman

Freedom of religion is a subject, which has throughout human history been a source of profound disagreements and conflict. In the modern era, religious-based intolerance continues to provide lacerative and tormenting concern to the possibility of congenial human relationships. As the present study examines, religions have been relied upon to perpetuate discrimination and inequalities, and to victimise minorities to the point of forcible assimilation and genocide. The study provides an overview of the complexities inherent in the freedom of religion within international law and an analysis of the cultural-religious relativist debate in contemporary human rights law. As many of the chapters examine, Islamic State practices have been a major source of concern. In the backdrop of the events of 11 September 2001, a considerable focus of this volume is upon the Muslim world, either through the emergent State practices and existing constitutional structures within Muslim majority States or through Islamic diasporic communities resident in Europe and North-America.

Human Rights Violations in Kashmir

Human Rights Violations in Kashmir
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1032052015
ISBN-13 : 9781032052014
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Human Rights Violations in Kashmir by : Piotr Balcerowicz

Contemporary Forms of Slavery in Pakistan

Contemporary Forms of Slavery in Pakistan
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Publisher : Human Rights Watch
Total Pages : 100
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ISBN-10 : 1564321541
ISBN-13 : 9781564321541
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Contemporary Forms of Slavery in Pakistan by : Farhad Karim

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The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State

The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 301
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ISBN-10 : 9780393249927
ISBN-13 : 0393249921
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State by : Declan Walsh

Winner of the 2021 Overseas Press Club of America Cornelius Ryan Award The former New York Times Pakistan bureau chief paints an arresting, up-close portrait of a fractured country. Declan Walsh is one of the New York Times’s most distinguished international correspondents. His electrifying portrait of Pakistan over a tumultuous decade captures the sweep of this strange, wondrous, and benighted country through the dramatic lives of nine fascinating individuals. On assignment as the country careened between crises, Walsh traveled from the raucous port of Karachi to the salons of Lahore, and from Baluchistan to the mountains of Waziristan. He met a diverse cast of extraordinary Pakistanis—a chieftain readying for war at his desert fort, a retired spy skulking through the borderlands, and a crusading lawyer risking death for her beliefs, among others. Through these “nine lives” he describes a country on the brink—a place of creeping extremism and political chaos, but also personal bravery and dogged idealism that defy easy stereotypes. Unbeknownst to Walsh, however, an intelligence agent was tracking him. Written in the aftermath of Walsh’s abrupt deportation, The Nine Lives of Pakistan concludes with an astonishing encounter with that agent, and his revelations about Pakistan’s powerful security state. Intimate and complex, attuned to the centrifugal forces of history, identity, and faith, The Nine Lives of Pakistan offers an unflinching account of life in a precarious, vital country.