Full Description
The Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law aims to publish peer-reviewed scholarly articles and reviews as well as significant developments in human rights and humanitarian law. It examines international human rights and humanitarian law with a global reach, though its particular focus is on the Asian region.
The focused theme of Volume 6 is Essays in Honour of Professor Shaheen Sardar Ali.
Contents
Editorial
Javaid Rehman, Ayesha Shahid and Steve Foster
PART 1: Festschrift: Professor Shaheen Sardar Ali
1 In Conversation with Professor Shaheen Sardar Ali
Ayesha Shahid and Javaid Rehman
2 Shaheen Sardar Ali
Curriculum Vitae
3 The Status of Dalit Women in Nepal
Surya P. Subedi
4 Prophet Muhammad as "A Mercy for the Worlds": A Human Rights Perspective in Relation to the Blasphemy Laws and Respect for the Rule of Law in Pakistan
Mashood A. Baderin
5 Caught Between Religion and Law: The Case of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) in Iran
Nadjma Yassari
6 Women's Status in Islam: An Analysis from the Perspective of Private and Public Spheres
Shahbaz Ahmad Cheema
7 Marital Choice and "Suitability" in a Heterogeneous Society: Some Reflections on Kafaa in the United Arab Emirates
Lena-Maria Möller
8 Al-Shaybani and Grotius: An Inquiry into Comparative International Law
Mamman Lawan
9 Interrogating the Plea of Grave and Sudden Provocation In Islamic Criminal Law: Case Study of Pakistan
Musa Usman Abubakar
10 Child Domestic Workers in Pakistan: Challenges, Legislative Interventions, and Finding a Way Forward
Ayesha Shahid
Part 2: General Articles
11 The Role of Education in Protecting the Right to Culture of Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Minorities and in Peacebuilding: The Rohingya
Siobhan Smith
12 Analyses of Non-compliance to Legislation by Signatories to the Arab Charter of Human Rights: A Framework for National Observance and Regional Enforcement
Ahmed Almutawa and Hajer Almanea
13 Redefining the Interaction Between Patents and Access to Medicines; Will Word Trade Organisation (WTO) show Solidarity by Accommodating Human Rights?
Mohammad Danyal Khan
Part 3: Developments in State Practice
14 Contracting Space for Opposing Speech in South East Asia and Restrictions on the Online Freedom of Expression
Alexander Gilder
15 Nexus between Underdevelopment, Corruption and Legal Disorder in Nigeria
Mamman Lawan
Part 4: Documents and Summaries of Documents
16 Summaries of Proceedings of Human Rights Monitoring Bodies
(Covering the Period January 2021-January 2022)
Denise Venturi and Silvia Venier
17 Legislation: Pakistan
Zia Ullah Ranjah
1 Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Act, 2021
2 Muslim Family Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021
3 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Domestic Violence against Women (Prevention and Protection) Act, 2021
4 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Home Based Workers (Welfare and Protection) Act, 2021
5 Punjab Enforcement of Women's Property Rights Act, 2021
6 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Amendment) Act, 2020
18 The Cairo Declaration of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Human Rights
Part 5: Book Reviews
19 Book Reviews
Part 6: Kamran Arif Memorial Award
20 In Memory of Kamran Arif (1966-2021)
Volume 6 (2022): Kamran Arif: Best Article Award: Siobhan Smith, The Role of Education in Protecting the Right to Culture of Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Minorities and in Peacebuilding: The Rohingya
Volume 6 (2022): Kamran Arif: Best Article Award: Ahmed Almutawa and Hajer Almanea, Analyses of Non-Compliance to Legislation by Signatories to the Arab Charter of Human Rights: A Framework for National Observance and Regional Enforcement
