II Acquisitions
| DOI | 10.1177/016934410602400117 |
| Date | 01 March 2006 |
| Published date | 01 March 2006 |
| Subject Matter | Part D: Documentation |
II ACQUISITIONS
Casteism and human rights: toward an ontology of the social order / Sebastian Velassery. –
Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Academic, 2005. – xvii, 229 p.
ISBN: 981-210-428-3
This book seeks to understand the contextual nature of casteism, its bearing upon
the issue of human rights, its dynamics and its philosophical meaning. In the first
chapter, the origin and development of casteism is assessed and analysed, how
casteism caused and provided an ethos that favoured a philosophy of exclusion,
backed and sanctified by certain metaphysical postulates. In the third chapter, the
issue of human rights is studied from the Indian philosophical and ethical
perspectives. The fourth chapter posits an inquiry into the role of religions with
regard to the issue of human rights. Religions like Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism and
Christianity were taken into consideration for this scrutiny. An analysis was also
carried out on the positive and negative contributions that these religions have
made to human rights. The book ends with a discussion on the issues of equality and
social justice.
Child labor and human rights: making children matter / Burns H. Weston (ed.). –
Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2005. – xxv, 541 p.
ISBN: 1-58826-349-5
The International Labor Organization estimated in 2000 that, of the approximately
246 million children engaged in labour worldwide, 171 million were working in
situations harmful to their development. This book provides a comprehensive
overview of the phenomenon of child labour from a human rights perspective. The
authors consider the connections between human rights and abusive child labour,
the pros and cons of a rights-based approach to the problem, and specific strategies
for effecting change. They make a contribution to the growing effort to abolish
abusive and exploitive child labor practices.
The contribution of the Rwanda tribunal to the development of international law / L.J. van
den Herik. – Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff, 2005. – xlvii, 324 p.
ISBN: 90-04-14580-x
This book offers an analysis of the establishment and the Statute of the International
Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Furthermore, it gives insight into how the Rwanda
Tribunal has operated in practice during its first ten years and it examines the case-
law on the three major international crimes: genocide, crimes against humanity and
war crimes. The author provides a balanced judgement of the contribution of the
Rwanda tribunal towards the development of international criminal law, emphasi-
sing its strong points, in particular the case-law on genocide, but also exposing its
weaknesses in terms of legal reasoning. The author also demonstrates the inherent
limits of the Rwanda tribunal due to the political and social situation within Rwanda
and due to its own statute.
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