Book Review: Discription of new Documents and Literature
| DOI | 10.1177/092405190001800213 |
| Published date | 01 June 2000 |
| Date | 01 June 2000 |
| Subject Matter | Book Review |
NQHR
2/2000
multilateral arena to the bilateral. This development can be illustrated by the growing
importance that is given by the EU countries and the US to the new mechanism
of
constructive dialogue. Although this new mechanism might be a very important instrument
'to contribute to the long-term process under which China is adapting itself to intemational
human rights norms'," it should not undermine the effectiveness
of
the UN monitoring
system and the willingness
of
States to use that system.
DISCRIPTION OF NEW DOCUMENTS AND LITERATURE
The East Asian challenge
for
human rights / ed. by Joanne R. Bauer and Daniel A. Bell. -
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. - xiii, 394 p.
ISBN: 0 521 64536 0
The 'Asian values' argument within the international human rights debate holds that not
all Asian States should be expected to protect human rights to the same degree. This
position
of
'cultural relativism', often used by authoritarian governments in Asia, has long
been dismissed by Western and Asian human rights advocates as a weak excuse. This
study moves beyond the politicised rhetoric to identify the more persuasive contributions
by East Asian intellectuals. The editors argue that critical intellectuals in East Asia have
begun to chart a middle ground between the extremes
of
this argument, making particular
headway in the areas
of
group rights and economic, social, and cultural (ethnic minority)
rights. The chapters examine the following areas: critical perspectives on the 'Asian
values' debate; theoretical proposals for an improved international human rights regime
with greater input from East Asians; the resources within East Asian cultural traditions that
can help promote human rights; and key human rights issues facing East Asia as a result
of
rapid economic growth.
The European Court
of
Justice on the European Convention on Human Rights: who said
what, when? / Elspeth Guild and Guillaume Lesieur. - The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1998.
- xxv, 440 p.
ISBN: 90-411-0433-X
The place
of
the European Convention on Human Rights within the legal order
of
the
European Union has been the subject
of
much controversy over the past twenty years. It
is now almost 25 years since the European Court
of
Justice in Luxembourg first referred
specifically to the European Convention
of
Human Rights in one
of
its judgements. Since
then it has considered and commented on almost all
of
the substantive articles
of
the
European Convention in the context
of
European Community law. For the first time, these
references to the European Convention on Human Rights by the European Court
of
Justice, the Court
of
First Instance and the Advocates General
of
the two Courts have been
brought together and published by reference to the substantive right under consideration.
This book presents extensive extracts from these cases, permitting the reader to follow the
development
of
the Court's thinking on each article
of
the European Convention on
Human Rights.
, Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs in a letter to the Second Chamber's Commission on Foreign Affairs, 9
March 2000 (translated from the original Dutch).
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