Human rights and peace : ideas, laws, institutions and movements

Human rights and peace : ideas, laws, institutions and movements ideas, laws, institutions and movements / edited by Ujjwal Kumar Singh. - Los Angeles, Calif. : SAGE, 2009. - xvii, 345 p. ; 22 cm. - South Asian peace studies ; v. 4 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-332) and index.

Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace, United Nations General Assembly Resolution 39/11 -- The human right to peace / In life, in death / SAARC in 2020 : the dream, the nightmare and the wake-up call / Archiving disquiet : feminist praxis and the nation-state / Democracy in search of dignity / On liberation : biography of a consciousness / POTA and beyond : the silent erosion / Gendered face of extraordinary powers in North-East India / Dalit lynching at Dulina : cow-protection, caste and communalism / War in the heart of India / Borders in the mind : Bangladeshis, a nowhere policy for a nowhere people / The concept of civil liberties / Terrorism, state terrorism and democratic rights / Human rights movement(s) in India : state, civil society and beyond / Reduced to ashes : the insurgency and human rights in Punjab / The Punjab mass cremations case : a postscript / National human rights commissions and internally displaced persons : the Sri Lankan experience / peace declaration by the Director-General fo UNESCO -- Ranabir Samaddar -- Rubina Saigol -- Uma Chakravarti -- Gopal Guru -- Manoranjan Mohanty -- Ujjwal Kumar Singh -- Paula Banerjee -- People's Union for Democratic Rights -- Independent Citizens' Initiative -- Pamela Philipose -- Ram Manohar Lohia -- Randhir Singh -- Ajay Gudavarthy -- Ram Naravan Kumar -- Ashok Aggarwal -- Mario Gomez.

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Human rights--South Asia.
Peace-building--South Asia.

JC599.S64 / H86 2009

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