Book Review: HURIDOCS events Standard formats: a tool for documenting human rights violations
| Published date | 01 September 2001 |
| DOI | 10.1177/092405190101900317 |
| Date | 01 September 2001 |
| Subject Matter | Book Review |
Documentation
articles. The introductory overview article chronicles developments within the human rights
field to date and sets the stage for a future scenario by looking at the respective roles
of
governments and the business community in respecting, protecting and fulfilling human
rights. An article on the World Trade Organisation follows the challenges posed by
international trade in a human rights perspective. The appropriateness
of
so-called smart
sanctions as a means
of
bolstering human rights is discussed in a third contribution. A fourth
highlights the gender dimensions
of
the statute
of
the new international criminal court. The
challenge
of
accommodating diversity and the rights
of
indigenous peoples in the new
political dispensation
of
Guatemala is assessed in a fifth essay, whereas affirmative action
policies within the context
of
Malaysia are examined in a sixth one. The difficulties inherent
in designing, managing and evaluating aid programmes for human rights and democracy
purposes is the theme
of
the penultimate contribution, whereas the final article considers the
use
of
research in designing aid projects in the judicial system
of
Nepal.
HURIDOCSevents standardformats: a tool
for
documenting human rights violations /Judith
Dueck, Manuel Guzman and BertVerstappen. - 2nd rev. ed.- Versoix: HURIDOCS,
2001.-
xi, 245 p.
ISBN: 92-95015-00-2
The Events Standard Formats constitute one
of
several tools developed by HURIDOCS to
help human rights NGOs and other organisations enhance their capacity to monitor human
rights. They can be used for documenting human rights-related events and in desigining
databases, and for exchange
of
information among organisations.
In the national interest 2001: human rights policies
for
the Bush administration /Lawyers
Committee for Human Rights. - New York: LCHR, 2001. - xxxiv, 157 p.
ISBN: 0-934143-93-5
The central theme
of
this report is that a vigorous and principled human rights policy is in
the US national interest.
It
states that when human rights are respected, international security
and global economic prosperity are enhanced.
It
also emphasises that human rights protection
is a critical step toward building and fostering democratic societies around the world. The
report makes 35 specific recommendations in six areas
of
human rights, providing ablueprint
for policies on the protection
of
asylum seekers and refugees, workers' rights and US
domestic compliance with international human rights law. Two longer chapters deal with the
International Criminal Court and the role
of
the Internet in advancing human rights.
Linking and learning in the field
of
economic, social and cultural rights: workshop and
conference organized and hosted by Novib and SIM, Soesterberg/The Hague, the
Netherlands, 2-5 October 2000 /ed. by Ineke Boerefijn, Marjolein Brouwer and Reem
Fakhreddine. - Utrecht: SIM, 2001. - viii, 110 p. - (SIM special; no. 27)
ISBN: 90-71383-09-1
The proceedings
of
the international workshop on linking and learning in the field
of
economic, social and cultural rights, which are presented in this SIM special, show the
manifold problems, issues, questions, pitfalls and prospects in this field. The workshop was
organised by Novib (Netherlands Organisation for International Development Cooperation)
and the Netherlands Institute
of
Human Rights (SIM), a research institute
of
Utrecht
University. Representatives from Novib-partner organisations around the world and human
rights experts addressed the issue
of
whetherthe gapbetween development NGOs and human
rights NGOs should be bridged and how this could and should be done.
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