Authored by Prof. Kamalaxi G. Tadasad, Ph.D. & Harish Ramaswamy, Ph.D: “Effectiveness of Community Solidarity and Promotion of Human Rights:ASEAN Aspirations and Acceptability”

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     On the topic: “Effectiveness of Community Solidarity and Promotion of Human Rights: ASEAN Aspirations and Acceptability” by  

Prof. Kamalaxi G. Tadasad, Ph.D.  & Harish Ramaswamy, Ph.D, BVB College of Engineering and Technology & Karnatak University, India

(Catch more at today’s parallel session of the ASEAN Inter-University Conference on Social Development at Century Park Hotel, Manila)

 ABSTRACT of the paper: quote “The story of Human Rights world over has been a difficult journey. Two major hurdles for this are Political Will and Social Acceptance. The first major attempt at Human Rights sensitization in the ASEAN was perhaps the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 1993 to find out the possibility of establishing an (inter – governmental) mechanism on human rights for the region in support of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action.

     quote “It is nearly fifteen years since and yet, no such mechanism as one can understand has been established. The question then is why?  What ails such an attempt? What has been the role of community in this? What are the aspirations of the ASEAN in this respect? Is there a mechanism that can be marketed for this region to ease the situation? Are some of the questions this paper raises to find answers?

      quote “Our hypothesis for this paper therefore is two fold which hinges upon the cultural and the civil space issues. It is in the light of these hypotheses that we would like the participants to comments on the model that we are going to unveil here in this international conference.” closed-quote.

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About the authors: (written by conference organizers): quote “Dr.Kamalaxi G. Tadasad has a Ph.D. in Human Rights and Police Administration & has over 8 years of experience in teaching. She has earlier taught in the postgraduate department of Public Administration in the Bijapur PG Centre of Karnatak University, Dharwad. She is currently working as a Head, department of Humanities, BVB College of Engineering and Technology, Hubli.

      quote “Dr. Harish Ramaswamy has over 19 years of experience in teaching and research in the Postgraduate Department of Political Science both, at the University of Mysore, and at Karnataka University, India.  He is the author of over 20 research publications. He is also the Associate Editor of “Shodha Sara” and Editor of Karnataka Journal of Politics” closed-quote.