Essays about: "human rights asia"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 29 essays containing the words human rights asia.

1. 11. Media Freedom in China: State, Society and Culture : A Comparative case study of Press Freedom between China and Taiwan

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Yingxue Yang; [2016]
   Keywords : Media Freedom; Freedom of Press; China; Taiwan; Constraints;

   Abstract : Freedom of speech is a fundamental human rights. In Article 19 of United Nations  Declaration of Human Rights declared “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. READ MORE

3. 12. Towards an ASEAN Human Rights Framework : Rapid Development in the Kingdom of Cambodia

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Mårtensson Camilla Marie; [2016]
   Keywords : Asian human rights; human rights; development; ASEAN; Cambodia; economic; cultural; field study; Mänskliga rättigheter; ASEAN; Kambodja; Utveckling; Utvecklingsstudier; handelsunion; ekonomisk; kulturella rättigheter;

   Abstract : The Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) has since its origins in the late 1960’s been connected to the emphasis on Economic, Social and Cultural rights and the regional need for economic development. Through the intense years and debates that followed the first ASEAN Declaration the unity has made significant contributions to the Human Rights discourse due to the challenges and possibilities that surfaced. READ MORE

4. 13. Embodying the Other - A Cross-Cultural Understanding of Misrepresentational Oppression

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Eva-Marie Elg; [2016]
   Keywords : Embodiment; trans; the Other; embodying; crip; cinema; cripface; transface; blackface; Europe; Asia; Otherface; reversal; US; voyeuristic; gaze; phenomenology; imperial; colonial; male; critical whiteness; queer; monster; grotesque studies; gender; post-Darwanism; post-colonial; posthumanism; post-humanism; elite; culture; homogenous; industry; star; ableism; ableist; transphobic; show; freak; representation; misrepresentation; traditions; phenomena; bodies; morphing; hijra; Tamil; global; katoey; third gender; invisibility; visibility; uglyface; mediatedness; media; transing communication; animalizing; infantalizing; funny bodies; immoralizing; sexualizing; comedy; as; comparison; social; transing; queering; self-reflection; relations; looking; progressive; progression; freakery; mockery; awards; Academy; ridicule; Sensationalization; Trivialization; Stabilization; Rationalization; exorcized; bounderies; portrayals; violent; hetero-domesticity; violence; India; drag; faux; pathologised; tomboi; Thailand; character; deviant; Non-Normative; Normative; whitewashing; old age; identity; years; 102; monstreous; 2017; 1915; fantasy; stardom; Little Mermaid; figures; non-human; super-human; actor; exploitation; exclusion; transsexual; transversal; transman; transwoman; transgender; funkis; experiments; transperson; misrepresentational; psychology; oppression; North America; patriarchal; Frozen; films; isolated; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis offers a holistic perspective on the phenomenon of embodying Otherface. It provides a deeper insight into the categories Transface and Cripface, the latter being a term for an able person depicting a person with visible or invisible disabilities, also referred to as cripping up. READ MORE

5. 14. The Role of Corporate Responsibility in Transitioning Countries. A Case Study on Workplace Inequality in Myanmar.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Salome Zurabishvili; [2015]
   Keywords : Myanmar.; Countries in Transition; Sustainable development; Socio-economic development; Workplace equality; Non-discrimination; Equality; Labour rights; Human rights; Responsible business conduct; United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; Corporate responsibility to respect human rights; Corporate social responsibility; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The present paper examines contributions of corporate responsibility to respect human rights —outlined in the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights— to eradication of the problem of workplace discrimination in Myanmar, a developing country in Southeast Asia undergoing a transition from an authoritative military rule to a civil democratic government. Based on the analysis of the national regulatory framework, the international human rights instruments, the business, political and social environment in Myanmar, the human rights record and the evidence derived from an empirical study into workplace discrimination, the thesis examines whether the corporate responsibility to respect human rights may be an effective way to tackle workplace inequalities in the country, and whether it can contribute to the development in Myanmar. READ MORE

6. 15. Economic Land Concessions in Cambodia - At the Expense of Adequate Housing? A Minor Field Study

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Sanna Kozak Dehlin; [2015]
   Keywords : public international law; human rights law; right to adequate housing; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Idén till denna uppsats kommer från det utbredda fenomenet “land grabbing”, vilket bland annat har lett till att ett stort antal människor över hela världen har blivit tvångsförflyttade. Inom det internationella regelverket för mänskliga rättigheter finns det en rättighet till adekvat (lämplig) bostad. READ MORE