Book Review: A human rights approach to combating religious persecution: cases from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Sudan
| Published date | 01 September 2001 |
| DOI | 10.1177/092405190101900315 |
| Date | 01 September 2001 |
| Subject Matter | Book Review |
NQHR
3/2001
Human rights
and
the end
of
Empire: Britain and the genesis
of
the European Convention
/
AW.
Brian Simpson. - Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. - xiv, 1161 p.
ISBN: 0-19-826289-2
The European Convention on Human Rights
of
1950 established the most effective
international system
of
human rights protection which has yet been invented. This book gives
acomprehensive account
of
how it came into existence,
of
the part played in its genesis by
the British government, and
of
its significance for Britain in the period between 1953, when
it came into force, and 1966, when Britain accepted the optional provisions providing for a
right
of
individual petition, and the jurisdiction
ofthe
Strasbourg Court. It explores in detail
the significance
of
the Convention for Britain as a major colonial power in the declining
years
of
the Empire, and particularly in respect
of
the independent constitutions
of
colonial
territories.
Human rights
and
the oil industry /ed. by Asbjern Eide, Helge Ole Bergesen and Pia
Rudolfson Goyer. - Antwerpen: Intersentia, 2000. - x, 198 p.
ISBN: 90-5095-139-2
The accelerating globalisation process poses new challenges and opportunities for the
realisation
of
human rights worldwide. This process is largely driven by transnational
corporations with resources and economic power, which by far outstrip those
of
many States.
The petroleum industry is the forefront among these corporations. Several
of
these
corporations are now recognising their responsibility and seeking to develop new policies.
The studies in this book analyse the role and policies
of
transnational corporations with
regard to human rights. They contribute to the debate on how the transnational corporations
can meet their social responsibility for human rights in the countries
of
operation and how
they can be held accountable to the international community.
A human rights approach to combating religious persecution: cases from Pakistan. Saudi
Arabia
and
Sudan /Mohamed S.M. Eltayeb. - Antwerpen: Intersentia, 2001. - xii, 245 p. -
(School
of
Human Rights Research series; no. 11)
ISBN: 90-5095-170-8
This Ph.D. thesis focuses on internal persecution among Muslims. Internal persecution within
the Islamic tradition means the persecution
of
Muslims by other Muslims, what might be
characterised as 'intra-religious' as opposed to 'inter-religious' persecution. This type
exposes the political and sociological nature
of
religious persecution; since the persecuted
group is
of
the same religion as the persecuting majority. This study also helps to challenge
the alleged religious rationale
of
such persecution in that every religious majority was in the
past, and may become in future, a minority. Thus, protection
of
freedom
of
religion and
belief is essential for the validity and authenticity
of
all religious beliefs and practices,
whether
ofa
majority or a minority. For the purpose
of
understanding the phenomenon, three
case studies (the Ahmadiyya in Pakistan, the Shi'is in Saudi Arabia and the Republican
Brothers in the Sudan) are analysed. From the conclusions
of
these cases, a contextual
framework for understanding and combating intra-religious persecution is outlined.
Human rights in development yearbook 1999/2000: the millennium edition /ed. by Hugo
Stokke and Arne Tostensen. - The Hague: Kluwer, 2001. - xi,
260p.
-(Yearbook on human
rights in development; 1999/2000)
ISBN: 90-411-1576-5
This twelfth edition in the series
of
yearbooks on human rights in development contains eight
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